Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1929, Page 1

*From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by ‘The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. WEATHER. (U. S Weather Bureau iorecast.) Fair with slowly rising temperature today: tomorrow rain and warmer, ‘Temperatures—Highest, 50 at 2 p.m. vu:emu; Jowest, 39 at 10 p.m. yes- terday. o Full report on page 4. he ' WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sta (P) Means Associ: ed Press. Sunday No. 1,286—No. 31,239, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, REPUBLIGANS S T0 PATEH BREACH CALSED BY HOSES Western Independents Await| Developments Before Fram- ing Election Program. REGULARS ARE—SHAKEN BY “JACKASS” REMARK | G e | New Hampshire Senator's Ouster| as Leader Is Not Expected to Be Pressed. BY the Associated Press. Confronted by the deepest schism of many years in their ranks, Senate Re- publicans attempted vesterday to de- vise means of adjusting troubles which threaten since Senator Moses desig- nated the party independents as “sons of wild jackasses.” The latest storm disturbed the regu- lars themselves, and centered around the outspoken New Hampshire Senator whose ‘“jackass” appellation has em- phasized the party tariff rift. Those re- pérted to be agitated by Moses' stand represent the Republican group which wants an attempt made to unite the Eastern and Western wings of the party, and there were hints that his reten- tion both as president pro tem of the Senate and as chairman of the Repub- lican senatorial committee was being questioned by some. Meanwhile the Western independen- dents were standing by, with indica- tions that they might wage campaigns of their own against some of the regu- lars in ensuing elections. They have broken away from the administration leadership in the Senate in both the farm relief and tariff disputees. Holding the balance of power, their ballots have been cast with the Democrats against major Hoover policies. Indifference rather than aggravation was their re- action to being denominated “sons of wild jackasses,” by Moses, one result being ‘a reiteration of their independ- ence. Western Visit Puzzles. No movement against the New Hampshire Senator gained sufficient headway to get into the open before the Senate recessed over the week end. Some concern was expressed in Re- publican ranks over Moses’ present mis- sion in the Midwest. He did not reveal the purpose of his visit before departing for Chicago, but it was presumed he went West in his eapacity as chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee. How- ever, Moses has disclaimed any attempt to fight the Western independents. Speaking for the Western independ- ents, Senator Borah Idaho, who comes up for re-election next year, said: “Those who are termed ves are taking no part in what seems to be a row over the senatorfal elections com- mittee. Our motto so far as that com- mittee is concerned is ‘Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.’ " Senator N¢ of Nebraska, another spokesman of independent bloc, who also is up for re-election next year, emphasized difference and de- clared the statements of “such reac- tionaries as Senator Moses, Senator Fess of Ohio and Senator Reed of Pennsylvania are immaterial to us.” Some Regulars Resent Remark. It was Senator Fess who complained of the independents as ‘“pseudo-Repub- licans,” while Senator Reed compared the ublican opponents to the tariff legislation to “Communists.” Despite the indifference of the in- dependents to Moses’ leadership in the senatorial elections campaign, there were well founded reports yesterday that some of the Republican regulars up for re-election next year were mut- tering against the “stormy petrel.” He was selected and named by Sen- ator Watson of Indiana, the Republi- can leader, with the express approval of President Hoover. Senator Moses has made it clear on several occasions that he did not seek tho assignment. One of the complaints heard yester- day was that as chairman of the cam- paign committee Moses has consulted with no member of the committee and pursued too independent a course. It appeared certain last night that the proposal to depose Moses as the president pro tem would not be pressed. It was pointed out by some that Sena- tor’ Moses' duties as pending officer nothing whatever to do with his fferences with the party course, Is Lauded by Brookhart. In this connection Senator Brook- hart of Iowa, one of the independents, observed that Moses is “a very fair presiding officer.” “He recognized me the other day,” said Brookhart, “when he knew I was going to roast He recognized h dif | Stanford, 6; Washington, 0. NAVY HOLDS HOYAS FOOT BALL SCORES Georgetown, 0; Navy, 0. Maryland, 13; Yale, 13, Duquesne, 19; Catholic U., 13. St. Joseph's of Philadelphia, 12; George Washington, 7. W?;hlnlton College, 20; American U, Tlinois, 17; Army, 7. { Michigan, 14; Harvard, 12. Princeton, 20; Lehigh, 0. Alabama, 24; Kentucky, 13, Iowa, 9; Minnesota, 7. Datmouth, 13; Brown, 6. New York U, 27; Georgia, 19. Vanderbilt, 23; Georgia Tech, 7. Notre Dame, 19; Drake, 7. ot T0 SEIRELES T Neither Team Able to Score| in Colorless Fray Before President Hoover. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ANNAPOLIS, Md, November 0.— Neither Georgetown nor Navy added to its foot ball prestige in their battle this afternoon on Farragut Field before a host of 25,000 headed by Herbert Hoo- ver, President of the United States. After battling from early afternoon until nearly dusk the teams left the gridiron with neither goal line crossed. And, as they had played, neither side seemed deserving of a score during the affray. The 0-0 finish of what was ex- pected to be a thrilling foot ball spec- tacle, red hot in every way, was quite all right, but it was a tame game with an_ending just as tame. From start to finish this foot ball game was nothing more than a battle of good, stalwart lines. Georgetown presented a superb forward wall, one that generally outcharged the bulky Navy rush line and was almost always on top of the opposing forwards on de- fense, but rarely was the Georgetown line able to clear the path for the Hoya ball toters to make any sustained gain. The Navy forwards usually were found dependable defensively. 0ld-Fashioned Foot Ball, Neither team offered much offensive- . The Navy attack was marked by the steadfast adherence of the directors of the Midshipmen’s play to plain, old- fashioned foot ball. It was hit the line a time or two, try every once in a while to sweep a Georgetown flank and re- sort occasionally to the lateral pass. Only a few times did any of these plays net any progress. ed to employ Navy aerial attack as as possible and on what it showed in this form of offensive perhaps it is well it did avold it most of the game. Of the six passes the Midshipmen made, none was com- pleted. Four of the heaves groundei and two were picked out of the air by wearers of the Blue and Gray. Georgetown’s offensive tactics were more varied than Navy's, but not par- ticularly impressive at that. The Hoyas contrived to outrush the Midshipmen between the 30-yard lines, but once on the goal cide of this stripe nothing could be accomplished by Georgetown, either with running or passing attack. Cold figures, though, show George- town to have beén considerably better than Navy at advancing the ball. Georgetown made 7 first downs to Navy'’s 5. In the first half of the affray, the Hoyas picked up only 62 yards to Navy's 60, but in the second it was a matter of 73 yards rushing for the eleven of the National Capital, while Crabtown team got but 51 yards by this means. During the battling the Hoyas attempted 10 forward passes and made good with half of them. Two tossed in the first half ~rounded, but five were completed in the second half for gains varying from 7 to 15 yards. Neither Side Threatened. Neither side seriously threatened the others goal. Navy never got nearer the final Georgetown stripe than the 35- yard chalkmark, and advanced that far but once. Georgetown twice was within Navy's 30-yard line, once losing the ball when a fourth-down forward pass grounded and once being held for downs within inches of the 20-yard stripe. Twice Georgetown players scurried across the Navy goal, but each time the officials found it necessary to recall the play. In the opening period, Ken Provencial, alert Hoya wingma grabbed the ball from a tangle of Navy players and sprinted on 45 yards to the final line. But, it was ruled that the play had been completed before Provencial got possession of the pigskin and Navy resumed its attack. Early in the second period, it seemed that Spring SENATE RECESSES WITH TARIFF BILL - STILL UNFINISHED Coalitionists Flatly Refuse to Rewrite Measure at Smoot’s Suggestion. PROPOSAL IN EFFECT A G. 0. P. PEACE MOVE Body Will Drive Ahead Without Let-Up Until Regular Session, December 2. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘With the regular session of Cung‘ress{ due to open three weeks from Monday, the Senate recessed last night with the tariff bill still far from completed. A proposal by Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the finance committee that a Senate recess be taken until Novem- ber 20, with the Democratic-Progressive Republican Coalition instructed to re- write the tariff bill and submit it for consideration on that date was turned down flatly by the Coalitionists. The proposal, however, was in effect the hoisting of the white flag by the Repub- lican leaders who are backing the fi- nance committee bill. It has been obvious for weeks that the Coalition was in control of the situation and would write the bill sooner or later. The only chance of a break in the ranks of the Coalition was on the actual tariff schedules. So far the Coalition has stood firm. It looked last night as though the Senate would con- tinue to drive ahead with the tariff bill, without & let up until the opening of the regular session December 2. Some of thinmpubllcm Senators expressed an opinion that the progress with the bill would from now on be considerably faster—although there are several schedules which are likely to require time, among them sugar. But whether the bill can be forced to a vote in the Senate before the close of the special session and the beginning of the regu- lar session is extremely doubtful. Here and there an old guard Senator, stand- ing by the finance committee, not only insists that the bill cannot be passed at the special session, but puts out the idea that he would be glad to see the measure die. Some go so far as to say that they hope no effort will be made D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10 1929-134 PAGES. W FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS TEN - CENTS EWHERE' ELS] JAMES 1. RIORDAN DIES BY OWN HAND New York Banker, Friend of Al Smith, Had Lost on Stock Market. By the Associated P NEW YORK, November 9.—With & tullet through his head, James J. Rior- dan, president of the County Trust Co. and close friend of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, was found dead yesterday in his home on East Eleventh street, where he lived with his sister., Police said it was suicide. News of the death was withheld un- til today to avoid a possible run on the bank and to permit a check of its to take up the bill again when the regu- lar session opens. s Coalitionists for Passage. The Senate coalitionists, however, are determined to proceed with the bill and to pass it. They are not willing to take the blame for killing this leg- islation and if it is to be killed, they say, it must be done by the House or by the President. ‘The House Republican leaders, now here in preparation for a meeting of the House Monday, have canvassed the situation. Speaker Longworth made it clear yesterday that the House would not come forward with a resolution providing for an adjournment of the special session of Congress at this time. The House, he indicated, is not going to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for the Senate regular Republicans, but will stand by waiting for the Senate to com- plete its work on the bill for which the special session was in part called by the President. After the Senate has passed the tariff bill and sent it to the House, that body will welcome the measure “with open arms,” according to Speaker | Longworth. It may change to a stranglehold, however, once the House has its hands on the bill. “I see no indication,” said Mr. Long- worth, “that the House will reverse it- self on any fundamental policy.” This was interpreted as a bellef that the House would not agree to the Senate coalition amendments eliminating the flexible provision of the bill or inserting the so-called debenture plan. President Hoover has opposed both these coali- tion amendments. The Speaker said he had no such serious objection to “tech- nical rate changes.” Tilson to Confer With Hoover. Majority Leader Tilson of the House has already seen President Hoover but has not gane into the details of the tariff struggle with the Chief Executive. He is to dine at the White House to- morrow and for an hour before dinner, he and the President will discuss the situation with reference to the tariff. There is an element in both houses of Congress which would very much like to see an adjournment taken before the again fumbled as he hit the George- opening of the regular session. There (Continued on First Sports Page.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Senator Wheeler yesterday when he knew he was going to be roasted again.” How far the Western Republicans will go in their independent campaign ! next year is problematical. Senator | Norbeck of South Dakota disclosed yes- | terday he had declined to serve in the | Republican_senatorial campaigns. He | urged the Western independents to de- cline to use any of the funds raised by this committee. “The Northwest and East need to have many things in_common,” said | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ey e PANTAGES SENTENCE DELAYED BY APPEAL| Motion for New Trial Based on! Arrest of Witness Is Overruled. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 9.—Alex- ander Pantages, theatrical magnate con- victed of a statutory offense against 17-year-old Eunice Pringle, appeared in Superior Judge Charles Fricke's court today and opened his %ht for a new trial which automatically delayed the immediate passing of a possible one-to- fifty-year prison sentence. Jerry Geisler, one of Pantages’ attorneys, began the arguments. Two of the afdavits presented by the defense in support of jis arguments were dismissed by the court. They were sworn to by Garland Biffie, a de- fense witness, who was arrested during /GRANT OPPOSES PUTTING STATUE OF GRANDFATHER ON BRIDGE Arlington Memorial Span S| Emphasizing the desire to make the Arlington Memorial Bridge a mohu- ment to all who have served their country rather than to memorialize in- dividuals, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the bridge com- mission, in a letter filed with the Senate yesterday, advised against the proposal to place a statue of his grandfather, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, at one end of the span, with a similar statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the other end. Col. Grant told Vice President Curtis in the letter that it is desirable to pre- serve the entirely impersonal character of the bridge as dengned and now nearly completed, and he inclosed re- ports along similar lines from the Fine n and from the consult- Arts Commissios Democrat of North ing architects. Senator Overman, ear offered a Jng the bridge Carolina, early this an Senate resolution, ask commission to consider placing heroic statue of Gen. Grant at north end of the bridge, facing south, and a similar one of Gen. Lee at the south approach to the strugture, fac! north, The Senator further sugges the trial for perjury. The defense as- serted the arrest while the trial was in ss constituted misconduct by the ict attorney, but Judge Fricke led that it could not be used as a is for a new trial. The court denied motions for a new Ju nt and refused lication pp) for proba- fense attorneys gave oral notice that in the center of the bridge there be placed statues of two women, clasp- ing hands, representing the North and South, to perpetuate the words of Gen. Grant, “Let us clasp hands across the bloody chasm.” ‘The correspondence was filed in the Senate, but no action taken vesterday. After referring to the commenis pre- viously made by the Arts Com- “Permit me to add nfy own belief Senate Is Advised. hould Be Monument to All, that there is great value in preserving | the entirely impersonal character of the bridge as originally designed, ap- proved by law and now almost complet- ed. It seems to me entirely in keeping with the growing feelihg that the coun- try's wars are so largely at the expense | of the unknown soldier and his family, | for this most expensive memorial struc- | ture to be dedicated entirely to all those who have rendered service to the Government both in war and peace, and to the achievements of -the united country, rather than devote it to me- morializing individuals on either side in the Civil War. “Attention is invited particularly to the architects’ explanation of the im- feuonll but adequate manner in which he North and the South are to be rep- resented by the two memorial columns on Columbia Island. “The entire thought which actuated the design of the bridge is more fully explained in the original report of the commission, which sul juently received the approval of law and is the basis for | the present project.” Col. Grant's letter indicated that the formal reply of the bridge commission would be submitted later. He asked the Vice President to express his view of a tentative draft of the commission’s re- port on the proposal which was sug- gested in the Senate resolution. The books. The reason for the act, police head- quarters said, was heavy losses in the stock market, Other friends and the board of directors of the bank ascribed the act to ill health. The bank is in “wholly sound condi- tion,” the board of directors said in a statement at the conclusion of a meet- ing today which Joseph A. Broderick, State superintendent of banks, attend- ed. Mr. Broderick was quoted as hav- ing said that he had found the com- y in “wholly liquid and satisfactory dition.” Broderick Declines Comment. Broderick would issue no statement personally, but said the directors’ state- ment had his approval. He said his examiners were going over the bank’s books and he probably would issue & statement later. First intimation of the suicide, Dr. Charles A. Norris, city medical ex- aminer said, came yesterday afternoon when an official of the bank discovered that the cashier's pistol was missing. Former Gov. Smith was notified and went immediately to the bank and then informed Mrs. Margaret Murray, Rior- dan's sister. The discovery of Mr. Riordan’s body, slumped down in an easy chair in front of a desk in a room he used both as a private office and a bedroom, followed. The cashier’s pistol lay nearby. Mr. Riordan’s death came as a dis- tinct shock to State Democratic lead- ers, who were in session here today. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt said: “That’s terrible” when told of the death and then added that it was such a deep personal loss that he would like to be excused from commenting further. For- mer Gov. Smith could not be reached for a statement. ‘Worked Long With Smith. Although he had never held a po-: litical office, Mr. Riordan had worked ith Gov. Smith, a friend of childhood | days on the East Side, in all his va- rious campaigns, acting as treasurer of the citizens' committee in two of them. | (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—30 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 19 and 20. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 30. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial _Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of New Books—Page 4. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Soclety. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen | and Music. ' In the Motor World—Pages 5, 6 and 7. At Community Centers—Page 7. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 7. Aviation Activities—Page 8. District National Guard—Page 9. Veterans of Great War—Page 9. Fraternities—Page 10. News of the Clubs—Page 11. Army and Navy News—P: 12, Organized Reserves—Page 12. Spanish War Veterans—Page 12. Serial Story, “Death Treasure”—Page 12. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— | Page 12. Radio News—Pages 13, 14 and 15. PART FIVE—10 PAGES. Sports and Pinanci: PART SIX—10 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Pnz:t-"l‘elchtr Activities — Pages 8/ and 9. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. and tentative draft suggested that the in- clusion of statues of individuals in the bri plan, however d tl may apear of such commemoration, might lead to future efforts to add other statues or memorial tablets that would ::fl!r:y the classic simplicity of the GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—$ PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; R!% Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Little Orpl Annie; Betty; ebody’s Stenog: High Lights of Higery. | admonition that the “real joy comes in | serving friends and country without | Thirteenth Jumper Balks Plan to Set Parachute Mark | Passenger Sticks Foot From Plane, Resumes Seat, Refusing to Leap. By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y.—Novem- ber 9.—There may be safety in num- bers, but to Harry Barry, 20, of New York, the numeral 13 is not at all con- vincing. A giant bombing vlane, piloted by Harold McMann, took off from Roose- velt Field today with 13 passengers. All were equipped with parachutes and all were to leap from the plane while in the air for a new parachute record. Twelve of the passengers, including Miss Maura B. Hesse, jumped. Barry, number 13, went to the cabin door and timidly stuck out one foot. He quickly pulled it back in, sat down in his seat and refused to budge until the plane was safe on the ground again. The other 12 jumpers landed safely, although widely scattered by a high wind. Roosevelt officials had to be satisfied with tying the parachute jump- ing record, established recently in ‘Washington when 12 men leaped from a single ship. | | CAPITAL TO HONOR WORLD WAR DEAD Church Services Today Pre-| cede Official Observ- ance. Reserving for tomorrow the official observance of the Armistice, which 11 years ago silenced the guns on the battle fronts of the World War, thou- sands in Washington today will as- semble in places of worship to unite in prayers for the further maintenance of peace. ‘While national interest centers on the address which President Hoover will | broadcast at the American Legion ex- ercises tomorrow evening, the initial exercises in the three-day program were held yesterday at the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier and at Central High School last night. Washington Boy Scouts paid their tribute of young de- | votion to the sleeping hero in Arllng-l ton National Cemetery and heard from | Secretary of Labor James J. Davis an| | thought of reward.” York Takes Part in Program. Sergt. Alvin C. York, a living hero of | the World War, took part in the pro- gram conducted last night under the auspices of the Community Institute that crowded the auditorium ag Central. Maj. Gen. W. B. Connor, commandant of the Army War College, presided. Today and tomorrow, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier will be the focal point in the observance of patriotic and religious bodies. Hardly a church in ‘Washington will be without some re- minder of the anniversary of the Armis- tice, in song service or sermon. Nor will the memory of Woodrow Wilson, the war President. be forgotten on this solemn and at the same time joyous occasion. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will conduct a service at the tomb of President Wilson in Bethelehem Chapel, Washington Cathe- dral, at 3 o'clock tomorrow and make an address to be broadcast to the Nation. Special Church Service. A special service, one among many today, will be held at the First Congre- gational Church, sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches, acting through its commission on international Justice and good will and the general committee on Army and Navy chaplains. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, a lieutenant ! colonel in the Chaplain’s Reserve Corps of the Army, who served as senior chaplain of "the famous 2d Division in the World War, will preach the ser- mon at the 11 o'clock service. His sub | Ject will be, “If They Could Speak.” Under the auspices of the Rotary Club of Washington, the memorial markers of the District of Columbia boys who lost their lives in the World War will be decorated this afternoon with American flags. These exercises will start-at 3 o'clock at Sixteenth and Upshur streets. Those participating in the ceremonies will be Col. L. W. Her- ron, Maj. Charles Demonet, Willlam E. Russell and a number of Boy Scouts. The general observance in Washing- ton tomorrow will include, besides Presi- dent Hoover's address in the evening, & colorful ceremony on the east steps of the Capitol, beginning at 10:55 o'clock. Units of the National Guard will participate in the military display. In Arlington Cemetery members of the various veterans' organizations, the American Gold Star Mothers and repre- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) NEW WHITE HOUSE | ments. There will be the Treasury and FUNCTIONS IN PLAN Many Innovations Included on Social Calendar for Winter Season. In arranging the social calendar for the White House for the coming Win- ter, President and Mrs. Hoover have | not only expanded the program of events, but have provided some real innova- tions. Most important of these innovations is the dinner scheduled for January 16 in honor of the Vice President. Here- tofore there were White House dinners in honor of the cabinet, the Chief Jus- tice, the Speaker of the House and the diplomatic corps, but none for the Vice President. By adding this dinner in honor of the Vice President, the President will not only take this means of high compliment to Vice Curtis and Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann, his sister and official hostess, but he will, for the remainder of his administration at least, settle definitely the question of Mrs. Gann's status, which question has stirred social Washington since last March. the occasion of this dinner party Mrs. Gann, will occupy a seat at the table on the President's right | —the recognized seat of honor. It is understood, that when this planned honor for Vice President Curtis and his sister became known yesterday, Mr. Curtis expressed pleasure that this unprecedented honor was being ac- corded. Other innovations planned by the President and Mrs. Hoover include a separate reception at the White House for members of the Senate and House of Representatives, instead of one re- ception for both branches of Congress known as the congressional reception, as has been the custom for years in arranging the White House social schedule. Also, the President has added special receptions in honor of the ranking offi- cials of the various executive depart- Post Office reception on March 6, the Interior_and Agriculture reception on (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) MARYLAND FARMER HIT AND SERIOUSLY INJURED| Found stretched across the roadway with a lighted lantern grasped in his right hand, Herbert King, 50-year-old | farmer of Silver Hill, Md., was brought | to Casualty Hospital today badly in- jured. He is believed to have been run down by a hit-and-run driver at Brown Hill, near T. B, Md. Hospital physicians said the man had suffered a fractured skull, fractured left leg, broken right arm, several frac- tured ribs and concussion of the brain. He is not expected to recover. According to police of the eleventh precinct, the man was picked up by arbaugh, 2644 Nichols avenue , and two companions, who were on their way to Southern Mary- land. They took the man to the hos- pital and later went to the eleventh precinct, where the three were held for | investigation. The others are Daniel Mahony, 35, 417 Third street, and Wil- i“MAINTENANCE" COST | Results | the District’s distribution system, here- BEat | o FIGURES BECLOLD | DISTRIGT'S EQUITY IN'WATER PLANT U. S. Engineer’s Table Fails: to Include Large Ex- penditures. USED AS “INVESTMENT™| Show D. C. Ownership! Low, With Federal Share Favorably Presented. BY BEN McKELWAY. ‘The United States district engineer's | office, under whose jurisdiction falls ‘Washington's water supply and purifi- cation systems, has finally obtained, to all intents and purposes, domination of tofore regarded distinctly as a munici- pal agency. ‘That fact is important because of the effect that it may eventually exercise upon the amount, in water taxes, to be demanded from District of Columbia ‘water consumers. The amount of water taxes that justly should be paid depends to some extent upon a point of view, just as the amount of other taxes that District residents are forced to pay depends upon a point of view. Heretofore there have been two dis- tinet points of view regarding the Dis- trict of Columbia’s rightful equity in the water plant. One point of view has been expressed, if timidly and in whis- pers, by the officials of the District’s water department. Other Point of View. The other point of view has been ex- pressed by the United States engineer’s office, and these expressions have been used in tabular form by Representative Simmons and others who contend that the District of Columbia is enjoying a generous return upon its investment in { the water plant. Evidence that the United States en- gineer's office has finally “put over” its point of view, and obtained the ap- proval thereto of the District Commis- sloners, exists in a table submitted by the Commissioners, Capt. Hugh Oram, c&mhflnnzr 12 ch of the water department, an M:j!:“ Brehon Somervell, United States district engineer, to the Budget Bureau week as proof of the alleged ‘re- turn” to “the District of Columbia” of 7.73 per cent on its “net investment” in the water plant. The question of what return the Dis- trict of Columbia receives upon its in- vestment in the water plant is not a matter that will cause many of the District’s good citizens to toss in their beds at night or accumulate the gray hairs that connote a confused and hopeless state of mind. Nor is it to be expected that the statement that the District’s return upon its investment ‘n the water plant amounts to 7.73 per cent will cause either shouts of joy or howls of deepest pain. Figures, and especlally percentage figures, are usu- ally regarded by the average citizen as bores. While such persons as Senator Smoot and Controller General McCarl may experience a tingle of delight and feel real pleasure in the survey of a column of figures, statistics leave the | average citizen cold and as apathetic as an oyster. Interest Lies in Methods. In the case of the figures presented to the Bureau of the Budget by the water department and the District Commissioners, under the kindly tutel- age of Maj. Somervell, however, there lies an exceptional amount of absorb- ing interest, if one is willing to take the trouble to follow them through. The interest lies not so much in the figures themselves as in the methods used to make these figures tell a story that pictures the District of Columbia as a fat and prosperous individual who, investing a rather picayune amount in water plant, is now enjoying exces- stve profits therefrom, and has no right to complain when the possibility is delicately mentioned that his water rents may have to be increased. When we speak of the District of Columbia’s investment in the water plant, we usually conceive of the Dis- trict of Columbia as meaning the tax- payers of the District of Columbia and the amount of money that they have invested, through their general and special taxes and their water rents or taxes, in the actual construction of the water plant. To obtain the invest- ment figure any schoolboy (a figurative expression only, as no schoolboy would know what we were talking about) would go about it by considering merely those funds that have gone into con- struction and improvement or enlarge- ment, generally termed ‘“capjtal ex- penditures,” and disregard the money spent in maintaining that plant. That, roughly speaking, is one way liam Donaldson, 28, 1239 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. to obtain the street car company’s “in- “(Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 9.—Plans for construction of a 100-ton metal-clad dirigible for commercial service were announced today by Edward S. Evans, president of the Detroit Aircraft Cor- poration, which built the “flying tin can” recently accepted by the Navy. The airship will be 520 feet long and 115 feet of beam, Evans said. En- gines totaling 4,800 horsepower will drive it through the air at 100 miles an hour. There will be sleeping accommo- datfons for 50 passengers. “The unqualified success of the met. al-clad airship ZMC-2, which has com: pleted all of its performance tests suc- cessfully for the Navy,” Evans said, “‘has laid the foundation for & new era in international transportation. “The superior strength and stability of the metal-clad construction makes possible for the first time an airship which can safely meet the worst storm that blows with impunity from dnm;:o at lel':t al to that enioved by mod- ern sf . HUGE METAL DIRIGIBLE, TO BE PUT IN COMMERCIAL USE, IS PLANNED| Airship With 100-Mile Speed Will Carry 50 Passengers ZMC-2 Builders Say. | Tests have shown. Evans said, that the metal-clad dirigible in commercial e o made virtually twice as strong as those of other construction without any considerable increase in weight. In addition to 50 passengers, the all- metal airship will be able to carry a large quantity of mail and express for distances up to 2,000 miles. Its gross 1ift of 100 tons compares with a lift of 85 tons for the dirigible Los Angeles. “The 100-mile-an-hour speed,” Evans said, “assures the ship of ability to run away from and circumnavigate any severe storm area which it might en- counter.” He pointed out that storms seldom move at more ,than 35 miles an hour and that with adequate weather reports | pea! the dirigible could chart the course of a storm and avoid it. The 100-ton size was selected, Evans said. as one which lends itself most readily to economical operation over the trade routes which promise imme- diate financial return. Larger ships EXTRA WITNESSES CALLED IN SECOND MPHERSON PROBE Grand Jury te Hear All Who Formerly Testified and “Some More Besides.” NO INQUIRY IS PLANNED INTO CONDUCT OF POLICE Investigation to Be Expedited by Special Prosecutor in Session Beginning Tuesday. All the witnesses who testified at the first grand-jury investigation of the strangling of Virginia McPherson. and “some more besides” will be summoned to appear in the new grand-jury pro- ceedings to begin Tuesday, it was dis- closed last night by John E. Laskey special assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral. Approximately 70 persons were ques- tioned by the grand jury which handed down a voidable murder indictment against Robert A. McPherson, jr., hus- band of the dead nurse. The additional witnesses, discovered by the Department of Justice in six weeks of intensive in- vestigation, include a street car con- ductor and motorman, whose belated statements caused Laskey to announce a week ago he would press the murder charge against the jailed husband. Among the first group of witnesses served with subpoenas yesterday were Robert J. Allen, suspended policeman and chief “murder” witness at the first proceedings, and Wilmer C. Ruff, man- ager of the Park Lane Apartments, in which Mrs. McPherson's body was found with a pajama belt knotted around the throat. Both were ordered to appear at the grand jury room in the courthouse at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. New Witnesses in Case. The new witnesses, probably to be called later in the inquiry, lnclu}:le J. H. Lewark, conductor, and J. T. Green, motorman, of a a avenue line street car which carried certain pas- sengers from Petworth to the downtown section shortly after midnight of Sep- tember 12, when Mrs. McPhersop came to é‘::“ddnth. luctor Lewark claims to acquaintance of young llnl’henonb.‘ l.ln did not volunteer his testimony to the Government, and talked: only when Federal agents, ostensibly in quest of Seen g one euupiciou any one “sus) " on_the t, questioned him at the a-Half street car barn a week That the Government all witnesses six are to be n n::l'wwud . strange fe of Bob Mc- A number of the persons who were examined by the contested grand jury gave testimony designed to support the theory of the detective bureau and of a coronor’s jury that the girl committed suicide. Others were classified in the press as “murder” witnesses. Most of the latter were summoned at the re- quest of Policeman Allen, leader of the murder theorists in the early days of the sensational case. Plan Unemotional Probe. Despite the fact that the special hOov;lemme;ltlpmmmr has announced e has sufficient evidence to justify him in going forward with the i‘)rmecuflml of McPherson, the Government will not. seek to influence the grand jury in any way. Laskey's intention is to have a. thorough-going, unemotional heas of all facts in the case, just as thougl a previous grand jury and Government investigative forces had not entered the case. Every effort will be made, it is said, to confine the new proceed! to the cir- cumstances surrounding tl rroting of the nurse, without excurs| into questions of alleged police inefficiency, curtailed inquest proceedings and other ramifications of the celebrated mystery. It is the contention of observers that the present grand jury will regard the atter of solving & in which another life may be at stake as too en- g to permit of diversions. Prosecutor Laskey and a col of Federal agents under Thomas F. en of the Bureau of Investigation will mave their headquarters from the De- partment of Justice to the courthouse Tuesday. Cullen and two other agents, E. J. Connelly and John Hickey, con- ferred yesterday. afternoon with United States Attorney Leo A. Rover regard- ing arrangements for the grand jury hearings. Rover turned over to the Government men a room adjo! the grand jury chamber. In this room Federal officials will hold in readiness for presentation 1o the grand jury all the evidence obtained from more than 800 witnesses during its extraordinary investigation of the case. Operatives to Testify. The force of Federal operatives which has been working night and day for a month and a half in an effort to solve the Park Lane mystery may be sworn as additional witnesses before the grand jury. Their testimony will be sought in connection with develoj nts since the first grand jurfl heard evidence in the case. Among the developments was the exhumation of the nurse’s body at China Grove, N. C, so that a second autopsy could be performed. Surgeon:, roentgenologists, who X-rayed th corpse, and pathologists, who examined the viscera and tissues, are expected to tell of their findings. The surgeons already have reported they found no evidences of violence other than those produced by strangulation with a pa- jama belt, but the findings of the roentgenologists and been kept a secret. . Whether Bob McPherson will be questioned during the new proceeding remains in doubt. Technically he is still under indictment, although the in- dictment is known to be voidable. De- fense counsel announced its inten- tion of seeking McPherson's release from jail on bond if it appears the new investigation is to be prol 5 Laskey stated yesterday afternoon that he will make every effort to ex- conducted with an all theories surroun death of the pretty Ppherson. in the new session, it is all of them may not be lmdwb'l: o el sses from sul 5 Policeman Allen will be - are feasible, he pointed out, but as they grow T new problems are en- countered and the loo-ttn ship was a conservative choice. ¥ e, morning . Policeman fimflmu Botts, Efi% of « ued on Page 2, Col ) -ad