Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1929, Page 27

e — 'HOOVER WATERWAY PLAN IS INDORSED Rivers and Harbors Congress Re-elects Riley J. Wilson as President. The Twenty-fifth Rivers and Harbors Congress voted yesterday to support the Hoover waterway program and re- elected Representative Riley J. Wilson of Louisiana national president. Other ©ofcers chosen before adjournment in- cluded two Washingtonians. They were | 8. A. Thompson, re-elected secretary treasurer, and John H. Small, honorary | or. Senator Ransdell of Louisiana ‘was also made an honorary director. ‘The congress urged that all projects suthorized should be completed within five years, and asked passage of a rivers and "harbors act by Congress at the earliest practical day. It also adopted resolutions favoring continued adminis- tration of river and harbor activities by | Army engineers; prompt removal of the | Mississippi flood menace; and “harness- | ing for industry the marvelous power | of our streams.” Sharp Debate Develops. All States interested in projects were given opportunity for expression of opinion, and sharp debate developed, particularly over the proposed St. Law- Tence waterways project. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, described the international Great Lake: St. Lawrence project as “the most im- perative task now confronting American statesmanship,” and opposed the sub- stitute proposal for an All-American g’mil cutting through the State of New ork. Senator Copeland, Democrat, New ‘York, took issue with Walsh, defending the Great Lakes-Hudson profect and denouncing the proposed St. Lawrence project as unfair to American interests and altogether advantageous to Canada. | Replies to Copeland. Large delegations from Michigan and Ohio supported Walsh., Their spokes- men, R. J. Maclean of Detroit and Joe D. Hardy of Toledo, challenged the arguments of Copeland, particularly as to the cost of the proposed canal. which the New York Senator had placed at a billion dollars. The canal would cost but $77,000,000, its advocates said. | State vice presidents elected included: West_Virginia, George E. Sutherland, Charleston; Ohio, E. C. Gibbs, Cincin- nati; Michigan, R. J. Maclean, Detroit; Kentucky, E. C. Wolfe, Paducah; In- diana, Loretta M. Howard, Jefferson- ville; Tllinofs, John H. Camlin, Rock- ford; Towa, Stewart Gilman, Sioux City; Minnesota, John Peterson, Minneapolis; ‘Wisconsin, C. A. Lamoreux, Ashland. TOBACCO GROWERS ARM FOR TAX CUT BATTLE Central Kentucky Burley Producers ‘Want Federal Levy Reduced by One-Third. By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Ky, December 12.—| Adversely affected by the war-time Federal tax on tobacco, Central Ken- tucky burley growers today armed for | & fight for a reduction of the levy by | & third. Letters went forward to t 11 Congressmen of the State, askil them to back a bill to cut the tax. and 1,000 petitions asking the samw step were passed among growers for , their signatures. movement for the reduction gathered momentum here yesterday at a meeting of leading growers of the seven chief burley producing counties at ich it . was .decided. to appeal to the Kentucky congressional delegation. Representative Blackburn of the sev- enth district introduced a few days gfl 8 bill that has been referred to e House ways and means committee to reduce the tax on cigarette leaf by 80 per cent, but the cut now favorea is 331-3 per cent on all forms of tobacco. Cigarette leaf now pays a tax of $1 & pound, it was pointed out, whicu is more then three times the average g;ldcfrol'rr! this season for good qual- burley, which is used for ciga- rettes. The burley average this season -~Bas been less than $23, while last sea- #on it was around $3 THE EVENING Watching Public Buildings Only One Of Guards’ Numerous Duties, Says Grant The duties of the guard force of | the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, under the immediate com- mand of Inspector Willlam Wright, are manifold, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, the director, points out in his annual report, which is now before President Hoover. Reciting that the public buildings guards, who are composed, for the most part of former service men, patrol the Washington Monument, the Lincoln orial and 46 b hich_hot {COURT CHANGES WILL FOR MINER’S WIDOW Sets Aside $300 Monthly Bequest of Prospector Who Left $2,000,000. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 12.—The will of John B. Newman, pioneer Ari- zona mining man who’died a mil- lionaire, leaving his widow $300 & “until she marries again,” was set aside today. Newman's four children appeared in Superior Court and agreed that the will be disregarded and Mrs, Mima Newman permitted to take $100,000 in cash and the income from a $500,000 trust fund, instead of the $300 per month request. The will distributed an estate of $2,~ 000.000. Newman started his prospecting in the Arizona country 40 years ago with $18_and a burro to carry his meager outfit, The burro died and Newman walked into Globe, Ariz., with ore sacks tied on his feet for shoes and got & new start. Mrs. Newman, she related in court, shared his hardships in Afizona mining camps until he struck it rich in the promotion of the Miami Copper Co. 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STAR, WASHINGTON, NAVAL MAN MAKES INSANITY DEFENSE Lieut. Charles Musil Faces Charge of Embezzling $54,651 Fund. Claiming insanity, Lieut. Charles Musil today attempted to prevent being placed on trial before a court-martial board on charges growing out of the alleged embezziement of $54,651 from the Navy. In ru’mnn the specifications at the court-martial hearing at the Navy Yard, Lieut. Miller V. Parsons, judge advocate, explained that Musil was charged with embezzlement, desertion and conduct prejudicial to the good order and discipline of the Navy. Musil, through his counsel, Lieut. Arthur P. Spencer, waived possible ob- jections to the membership of the board and asked that no trial be held on the grounds that he is of unsound mind. Capt. 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