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18 % " COURT HOUSE BILL Supreme Tribunal to Have .~ Own Building for First Time in 130 Years. f BY WILL P. KENNEDY. President Hoover yesterday signed the ‘bill suthorizing the expénditure of 99,740,000 for erection of a Supreme Court building on a site already ac- quired, at a cost of approximately 91,780,000, just north of the Library of , Bétween Pirst and Second and Capitol streets and Maryland avenué northédst, which Hhad been rushed thréugh both houses of Con- This is t6 be one of the impressive new buildings in the Capitol group. It will, for the ime in its history of nearly 130 yedrs, dignify the most sol- emnly délibérative body in thé world— the Supreme Court of the United States, one of the co-ordinate branches of Government, oftentimes called “the balance wheel of Government"—with a | permanent home of its own. For the st 128 years of its existence thé Supreme Court has occupied a por- tion 6f the Capitol Building. The court followed th2 removal to Washington of the legislativé and executive branches of the Government. The attempt to furnish accommodation for the Supreme Court in the Capitol Bullding, of which only the Senate wing had been erected, resulted in the selection of a room on the éast side of the main floor, pre- viously occupied by the Senate clerk, ‘which is now the room of the marshai @1 thé Supreme Court. The court first convened there on February 4, 1801, John Marshall of Virginia being admin- dstered the oath as Chief Justice. At %{. time the city of Washington had 100 brick and 263 frame houses. population was about 3,000, whereas i well above 500,000. There 28 membérs of the House, today théré dare 435. A year the mm‘z of the Supreme Court flb'y‘“ but 126 Fedéral employees in Seéndfe Chamber Divided. ‘The Senate had beén meeting in a rooni on the basement floor which was . high. Latrobe, then archi- thé Capitol, divided this space 4rit6 two roéoms, one above the other. “The lowér room is now occupied by the 14w library of the Supreme Court. The u] T60M Was occupied as the Senate until the present chamber was ér oceupancy. 4 or & timie, while the rémodeling work , the court mét in what of the clerk of the ‘which is now the law library was thé Capitol was burned by the on A t 24, 1814, it was nec- 16 find other quartérs for the Congress, which held its first subse- it session in Blodgeétt's Hotel, on E of the present Sen- tol and the removal thé Seénate to its present chamber, Supreme Court took possession, in ), of the more comfortable quarters the Senate. has been thé permanent court room since that ité, and in only oné instance have 4 of the court been disturbed. t wis dué to the explosion and fire on November 6, 1898, when a gas ex- occurred in 4bat portion of the resulting in such damage to the it the séssions of the of the occu- Capitél there n Chief Justices presid- arshall, and Willlam How- oceupied by the new Building is also his- ts occupancy by ] the Caj had been restored, in | 1819, the first meeting of the Congress the restored building being on De- cember 6, 1819, the first session of the Congress. the departure of Congress its temporary home, the building, known as the “brick Capitol,” seems to have been used as a boarding house until thé period of the Civil ‘War, when it was again taken under vernmeént control and used as & mili- for the temporary confine- thosé whose political actions seéméd hostile to the Government. Dur- this period it was known as the Old rflnn. After the Civil War reverted to private occu- at one time was occupled & residence b'y le of distinction, of & of the dwellings of the Supreme Court. irs this historic building uarters of the National Woman's T i g £ £ g§ ! ‘Will Face Capitol. The Supreme Court Building is to face the Oapitol. It is to be 385 feet east and west by 304 feet north and south. A terrace will surround the iding and make a setting for it. ‘The éxterior design is of the classic 'm;. Corinthian style, in harmony the Capitol and well suited to the character of the new structure. ‘The central section of the building, in which will be located the Supreme Court and the main corridor leading to it will rise to a considerable height sbove those parts to which are assigned thé offices and lesser functions of the sfructure, thus symbolizing the relative importance of its several parts. The central portion is to be four stories high above the terrace on the east front, three stories on the west front. The east stories are to be lover in height so that the floor line will be continuous. ‘The plan naturally divides into four main requiréménts, each closely related 1o the other, viz: The court room, the {‘unleu' rooms. the office$ and the jbrary. In addition to these there are to be conferéncé rooms, rooms for law- yers and rooms for general uses. The main floor of the building is to bé oéné story above the terrace. The easterly séction of the building on the ‘our 18 assigned to the Supreme room, the conférence room, tite mhur room and the chambers of the Chiéf Justicé and of the associate jus- tides. The westerly section of the main floor is assignéd to the rooms for the Attorney General, the Solicitor Geéneral, the clerk of the Supreme Court, the marshal and for the use of lawyers doing business with the court and for the press and telegraph accommodations. Supreme Court Room Impressive. ‘The Supreme Court room is placed on the main axis of the It is designed to be a room of impressive and monumental style. It ‘will be about 64 feet square and about 30 feet from floor to ceiling. The floor area will be about 60 per cent larger than the present Supreme Court room. It will be lighted by windows on both sides opéning betwen the colonades to thé courtyards, as wéll as by artificial is naturdl is so Bet fucing cieher The ustices o the . icés of the poens the justices, the court Tooms for the ces, the 4. efficials and the lawyers are to be ‘ . Survivers of the yacht Carnegie, which burned in Apia, Western Sai cisco. The'Carnegie was on a three-; W. E. Scott, Washington; J. Aspiasu, ton. Front row: J. E. Unander, New York: Pa and H. W. Graham, Pittsburgh. Soule, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 22, PRESIDENT SIGNS SURVIVING MEMBERS OF CARNEGIE YACHT EXPLOSION scientifi¢ cruise. Standing: 8. li; J. Oyarto, San Francisco the others were officers and members of the créw of the vessel. BANCUET TIGKET SALE IS HEAVY Board of Trade Entertain- ment Will Depict Life on Moulin Rouge. Arrangements are progressing for the Midwinter dinner of the Washington Board of Trade Fébruary 2 in the Wil lard Hotel. Almost 500 tickéts for the annual play night of the business men have been sold, leaving only half that number t6 be taken before the limit is reached. The entertainment “Inside thé Red Mill” will represent life on the Moulin Rougé of Paris, with special attention to scenic effects. Red Mill Forms Stage. In the banquet chamber will bé & stage in the form of a réd mill. A model of this has been complétéd and the contract for its construction lét. The dinner menu also has besn decided upon. Next week Jerome Barnard, general chairman, and Fred East, chairman of the entertainment committée, plan to go to New York to discuss with the- atrical producers plans for the évening. All the entertainers will be profession- als from New York and Philadelphia. Monroe Silver of New York, master of ceremonies at the dinner last year, again has been engaged. A feature of the annual banquet is that speeches are ohibited, éven though mtlonllla prominent guests be present, as is of the case, Personnel of Committee. ‘The personnél of the dinneér com. mittee follows: Jéromé F. Arriold, John T. Bas T. E. Bean, Percy C. Brady, W. E. Braith- , E. C. Brandenburg, Elmoré T. Burdette, Jamés W. Burch, Joseph A. Burkart, Thomas A. Cantwell, Herman F. Carl, Benjamin Carow, Arthur Carr, Oliver T, Carr, John M. Cherry, F. Georgé Flendaniel, C. W. Clever, E. F. Colladzg, Robert J. Cottrell, F. E. Cun- ningham, J. Harry Cunningham, John H. Davidson, Harry Dean, Thomas L. &S]-n, Fred East, James B, Edmunds, Willlam R. Ellis, George A. Emmons, Edwin E. Etz, W. W. Everett, George B. Farquhar, Raymond M. Florance. Lloyd F. Gaines, W. Herbert Gill, E. C. Graham, G. V. Graham, Harry Grove, Paul F. Grove, Inspector W. H. Harrison, Harry H. R. Helwig, Charles H. Jerman, Stephen E. Kramer, William H. Lanham, Robert E. Le¢, Luther W. Linkins, J. Stanley Long, Joseph C. Me- Garraghy, C. Hayward _ Marshall, George Miller, C. W. Morris, Edgar Mor- ris, E. J. Murphy. George W. Offutt, J. Mitchell Owens, George Plitt, W. McK. Poole, William E. Rabenhorst, Willlam F. Raymond, W. E. Reed, Wallace B. Robinson, John Saul, J. A. L. 8 John Q. Scharf, Milton F. Schw Richard P. Schulze, Georgé C. Shinn, Fred A. Smith, Odell 8. Smith, Ross Snyder, G. E. BStri in] Ceorgs V. riplett. Paul Wara, George V. Triplett, u] 'ard, C. ‘Waters, W. H. Waters, Ben T. Webster, John F. Webster, Fred J. White, Harry Lawrence E. Williams, Au- ige, Willlam E. Wise. = H. R, ‘White, gustus Will SKIPPER EXONERATED IN BURNING OF SHIP By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, December 21.— United States steamboat inspectors today ex- onerated Capt. Eric Strandquist of the steamer Skagway of all blame in con- | nection with beaching and burning of his vessel near Cape Flattery, Wash,, last Monday. Capt. Strandquist ran his boat onto | the rocky shore when a fire broke out in the Skagway's hold. His cargo in- cluded gasoline and alcohol. Accusations by subordinate officers that the captain ign~red counsel of his officers and crew and headed for the rocks after being told he could reach Neah Bay, 3 miles away, were held groundless. The crew of the Skagway was re- moved to safety soon after the vessel was beached. GIRL ANSWERS SUIT. Sculptor’'s Gifts Overrated, Says Sunday School Teacher. LOS ANGEL®S, Decéember 21 (#)— Laura Langhause:, 21, & Sunday school teacher, deféndant in a $2,000 suit brought by Leon Bayard, known as Count de Volo, sculptor, answeéred the suit today in three lines. She denied all of the count’s allegations. ‘The count, said to be the only male heir to the estates of Plerre Térrail Seignaur de Bayard and son cf Countess Anna Monserato Bayard de Volo, third cousin of Italy's King and lady in wait- ing to the Queen, sét forth in his com- plaint that the girl, 20 years his junior, jilted him. He asks for the return of gifts which he sald were heirlooms, of of $2,000 cash. Miss Langhauser in an in‘erview sald all he gave her was worth less than $300 and that he gave the presents as payments for work in his studio. grou| around four courtyards, each courtyard being about 64 feet square. The plan is so arranged that any Ll;suce may pass his own cham- rs to those of the other justices, for conference, or to the court room, conferénce room or to thé library with- out passing through the publié éorri- dors. He may enter of léeave the build- ing in the same manner. o | were said to Blind Senator Asks Government Bureau To Help Sightless Establishment of & new bureau in the Department of Labor, to be devoted to the welfare of blind persons throughout the United States, was proposed in a bill introduced in the Senate yes- terday and referred to the com- mittee on education and laber for T . Senator Schall, Repub- lican, of Minnesota, author of the bill, i§ blind. One of the ways in which the bill proposes to help those who have lost the use of sight is to authorize the new bureau to issue licenses to place stands in Federal buildings, to be operated by persons suffering from blind- ness or with seriously defective vision. ‘The bureau also would co-operate with organizations and associations in placing stmilar stands in State, county and throughout stands in Federal buildings the bureau would give preference to ex-service men and to residents of the State, territory or District of Columbia, in which theé stand is to be located. ‘The bureau would be headed by & director, with an assistant di- rector and such other personnel as would be needed. HUGENBERG SEEKS 21,000,000 VOTES Nationalisf Victory Against Young Plan in Germany Tomorrow in Doubt. By the Associated Press 3 _ BERLIN, Decertiber 21.—Alfred Hu< génl and his followérs in the Na- Uonalist party, who st gréat expenge of effort mustered a little over 4,000,000 votes on October 30, for the anti-Young Flln plebiscite, will tomorrow face the remendous task of persuading nearly 21,000,000 German_ electors to vote in favor of the anti-Young plan law. The law was decisively defeated in the Reichs recently, but as it had been approved by more than a tenth of the electorate at the time of the plebi- g"f‘ al. d‘ccuntrrwlde referendum had to el There has been very little to indicate that the German people are anxious to approve a measure that would punish as traitors the officials of the govern- ment who had had snything to do with approving the Young play, from Presi- dent Von Hindenburg down, Hl:venbeu-.e nem:a: opuml.sutin the ugenberg group do not expect a vic- tory, and the chief interest of observers in tomorrow’s referendum is in seeing whether the split within the Nationalist ranks will prevent Hugenberg from ral- ¥|n] even 4,000,000 votes at the polls. 0 make the referéndum & law rearly 21,000,000 votes aré necessdry. A:Secul polling booth has been in- stalled in & restaurant close to th Reic] Building to enable the Na- tionalist mémbers to vote early. Many of them planned to register immediately after the stroke of midnight. — BRIGHTEST COMET KNOWN DISCOVERED AT HARVARD Addition to Astronomical Knowl- edgé Made by Polish Scientist. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December 21 —The Harvard College A Observatory today announced receipt of a report on the discovery on December 20 of the brightest comet found by astronomers this year. The discovery was made by Wilk of Cracow, Poland. The comet was 8 degrees west of the bright star Vega in the Constellation of Hercules. Tt can be seen in the western sky just after sundown and in the east- ern sky before sunrise. {BROADCAST SERIES ENDS. ‘WGY Puts Program on Short Wave for Australia and New Zealand. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., December 21 (). —WGY, the General Electric radio station here, early today broadcast a special program _over ‘a short-wave bl h from W2AF, the cflm&m erital station for Australfa and éw Zéaland. 1t was the last of a ee- ries of special broadcasts from 6 to 7 a.m., which was started November 1. At Schenéctady the program was broadcast at the beginning of the shortést day in the year, while listeners in the other hemisphere received the {vm'nm at the close of the longést day n their year. 'S ex- e BOATS WEATHER-BOUND. Three Reach Port, Three on Way, Three Voluntarily Anchor. CHARLEVOIX, Mich,, December 21 (P).—Three fishing tugs which have been weather-bound in the lee of Fox Island for a week reached this port late yesterday and reported that three others were on their way and should arrive during the night. Three addi- tional boats were reported not to have attempted the trip with weather moderation. Those ieft behind well provided with food, dut all the craft contended with a short- age of fuel. Coast to search for had not reported. i Guardsmen had pre- |1 ‘the gate todsy if November 29, as they arrived in San Fran- E. Forbush, Cleveland; H. Olsen, San Francisco; 8. L. Seaton, Washington, and H. Jentoff, Washing- Dr. J. H. Paul , Washington; F. M. Soule, Washington; A. Erickson, New York, Forbush, Graham and Scott were miembers of the Carnegie’s scientific staff, —Associated Press Photo. BLACK CONDEMNS PARTY COMMITTE \ Alabama Senator Challenges Action in Barring Anti-Smith Voters as Candidates. ‘The recent action of the Alabama Democratic executive committee, which voted to deny to persons who opposed or voted against the Smith-Robinson Democratic ticket in 1928 the right to Be candidates for nomination to office in the Democratic primary next year, was challenged yesterday by Senator Hugo Black, Democrat, of Alabama. Senttor Black contended that the exec- utive committee has exceeded its au- thority. ‘The object of the committee was to exclude from the Democratic primary Senator “Tom” Heflin, who ¢omes up for renomination and re-election next year, and such would be the effect of its dtceh;on i the decision is allowed t6 stand. “ Senator Black’s Comment. Senator Black said “A study of the resolution adopted by the Alabama State Democratic commit- tee convinces me that the majority has acted in contravention of existing laws and statutes.* The committee, in my judgment, has no legal authority to adopt oné rule of qualifications for voters in the primary and another rule of qualifications for candidates in that | primary. “The rule must be uniform with ref- erence to both. The law does not con- template a specially privileged class to run for office, and a subordinate class who can vote, but not hold office. Cit~ izenship carries with it the right of an elector to vote and hold office. An at- tempt to abridge the sacred rights of citizenship is fundamentally er- ican. If a citizen is barred candi- date for political office as & party pun- ishment, he must be barred as a voter. If barred as a voter, he must be barred as a candidate.” Sees Thousands Under Ban. After citing the Alabama law, Sena- tor Black continued: “The committee did not wish to bar as voters those who failed to votc for Gov. Smith. It is clear, however, that they have barred thousands as voters if they have barred them as candidates. The courts should not be called upon to settle & question upon which there can be no reasonable grounds for disagree- ment, It is & situation which calls for the best thought and action of all Democrats who respect the ancient rights of citizenship and who love the traditions and principles of the Demo- cratic party. Demoerats Perturbed. | Ever since the executive committee acted in this matter, Alabama Demo- crats have been exercised over the prob- able result. It has been expected that Senator Heflin would run as an inde- pendent candidate, with a gubernatorial and other candidates for office running on a similar ticket with him. Under such ¢onditions the Democratic party in the State would be torn wide open, with the issues of 1028 revived instead of approaching harmony. CHICAGO U, LOSES FAMOUS PHYSICIST Prof. Michelson Gives I11 Health as Cause for Resignation, Effec- tive in June, 1930. By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, December 21.— Prof. Albert A. Michelson, world-famous physicist, who observed his 77th birth- day Thursday, has resigned as head of the physics University of Chicago. Saying he was forbidden by il health to continue his official post at the university, the famous scientist asked to be relieved from duty at the end of the school year, in June, 1930. His action came unexpectedly and was not disclosed until the board of trustees announced the acceptance of the res- ignation last night. With Mrs. Michelson, the scientist will finish his recuperation in Bermuda from a recent serious illness. Be- | fore Spring, however, Prof. Michelson plans to go to California to continue experiments calculated to determine more minutely the speed of light. “And after that is completed, maybe I'll take life easy. Maybe Il begin to think about retiring,” said the man who has devoted 54 years in scientific research, P—— TREASURER CHAMBERLAIN OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEAD Former Rail Man in Three States Had Been Mayor and City Clerk of Concord. By the Assoclated Press. . CONCORD, N. H. December 21— State Treasurer Henry E. Chamberiain, ;gb dleg{ at his home h?re this after- n. He was a native of Newbury, Vt., and has been State treasurer Alnc:ylfli He was mayor of Concord and pre- viously served as cui/ clerk. Before entering politics, Mr. Chamber- lain_engaged in the street railway busi- ness. He was superintendent of the Concord Street Railways for many years and had also been connected with roads in Texas and Indiana. With their wrists tied together, Jo- seph Carruthers, 23, and Mollle Cowan, 8, were recently found drowned in Barf Quarry Pond, near Workington, Eng- department of the | CO-ED SERIOUSLY ILL. Blame Box Lunches for Ptomaine Poisoning of Train Group. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., December 21 (#). Ptomaine poisoning which affected 36 girl students on’ their way home from itmas vacation was blamed yester- day for the serious condition of Virginia Mandler of Bloomington. ‘The Qirls, all students of Stevens e = =g RS 50c a Week 1929—PART ONE. College at Columbia, Mo., were on & train taking them to their homes for the holidays and they had all eaten box lunches given them in Columbia. When they arrived here Thursday, they were so ill the train was held while they received medical treatment. Miss Mandler and Adaline Rocke, also of Bloomington, were taken to a hospi- tal. Miss Rocke had recovered yester day. ihg A TUITION TO BE RAISED. Leland Stanford Plan Would Maintain Faculty Pensions. PALO ALTO, Calif., December 21 (#). —Leland Stanford University will in- crease its tuition fees from $85 to $100 a guarter next October 1 as a means of maintaining its faculty retirément pen sions. Students now registered, how- STMA GIVE JEWELRY THE LASTING Men’s Onyx initial rings of distinctive design. gold mountings. Pay Next Year 50c a Week Have solid GIFT BUY ON Men’s Bulova strap watches with 15 guaran- ‘teed movements in hand- some cases, many with flex- ible wrist bands to match. Pay Next Year Pay $1.00 a Week 39.75 50c a Week Strikingly in- dividual is thi stanning Dia- mond Engage- ment Ring. Has 18-k. white gold mounting. 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