Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 21

IVATE WA I ~ BLACK ASKS VOTE BE GIVEN CAPITAL “Pay Taxes and Go to War, but Can’t Go to Polls,” He Says Over WMAL. “There is darkness at the -foot of the lighthouse.” This old Japanese proverb was quoted | 1ast night by Representative Loring M. Black, jr., Democrat, of New York City, as eloquently describing voteless Wash- ington, the Nation's Capital, during the course of a radio address over Station WM AL. “This is a true picture of Washing- ton,” he declared. “In the center we have the Capitol, housing a scheme of government, contrived by the founding fathers as a guarantee of liberty, and at its base, 500,000 Americans without & vote, without a voice. This is not healthy for the country. “Washingtonians pay taxes and go to war,” he said, “but they cannot go to | voting places. Represents Constituents. “I coms from a district hundreds oXl miles from Wlshlngwna" wslld‘ er‘ Black, “yet T am supposed to_assist in m; ye!.he affairs of the District of Columbis. “It is my real job to express the thought of my constituents as best I can on the national problems presented to Congress. In addition I must give special services to such of my voters pamente. 2o adequately ke care of rtments. adequately tal | x':y own political background would ab- sorb all of my time and attention. ‘However, I am also charged with look- ing after the legislative needs of the | District of Columbia, which, I must confess, gets little service from me. That is_not only so of Mr. Black of New York, but practically of every other legislator in Washington. ! “Lately I have been stirred to deeper interest in District matters because cer- tain blatant demagogues, taking ld-| vantage of voteless Washington, are setting themselves up as meddlesome Mussolinis over the District. Washing- ton_has no vote, no Representative, no Senator. The good name of Wash- ington has been attacked in the halls of Congress and these attacks have been re'a\md throughout the Nation with no little harm to Washington. Had Wash- ington a Senator or Representative the voice of her people could be heard and these unwarranted attacks could be neutralized. Citizenshipless Citizens, 1 “Congress is not only a legislating M?.o!mt it furnishes opinion forming forums and as far as Washington is concerned the city has no advocate ‘who can- utter a word on either floor of Congress. “People of Washington, I nearly said ecitizens, and this would be an ex;mr. t{}?r ‘ashingtonians do not exercise e Lmt‘?flhl to citizenship, the right | to vote, are determined to obtain such rights under the flag and demand that the Constitution be amended to permit the one-half million of Washington representation in the Senate and House. The Philippine Islands have capable delegates in Congress who eloquently defend their people. Porto Rico is ably represented in the House. Hawaii and Alaska have two substantial delegates who plead their respective causes in our National legislature and yet Wash- ington, the Capital, the home of Americans born here and coming here from all parts of the Union, is gagged by non-representation in the Govern- ment they all love. “Strangely these good people are willing to have the President appoint resident Commissioners to manage the local administration and confine their demands to representation in Congress. They ask for a useful translation of the Latin phrase ‘Vox et nihil praeterea’ | (voice and nothing more). | Cites “Small Town” Attitude. “How would New York like Congress fo run its police and fire departments? | ‘Would u;m. l;.lrle }:»flh.nve lw;s):; ington govern its health department? ‘Would San Francisco want Washington to manage its schools and transit sys- tem? Yet mzl reverse is f.rul! of Wuh; ington. Legislators from all parts of the country excepting Washington regulate the community life of the Capital City. Washington makes a minimum demand when its asks to be heard in Congress in the consideration of laws stating the powers and limita- tions of the District Commissioners. We do not ask to change the powers ©of Congress over the District. “Washington is a large city. Yet it is run to a big extent by men from small communities, motivated by the | small town viewpoint. Consequently | some of them try to impose small town standards of administration which are | absolutely unfitted to the size, the ac- tivities and the importance of the city. A strictly Washington viewpoint in would be helpful to the de- velopment and the happiness of this important community. | “The American is essentially a self- governing being. This has been the | genius of our progress. Although in- | sulated from self-representation for | years, Washingtonians have retained | & compelling impulse to self-determi- | nation. “There is an old Japanese proverb ! apt here, waich states, “There is dark- | ness at the foot of the lighthouse.' This | is & true picture of Washington. In| the center we haye the Capitol, housing | & scheme of Government contrived by the founding {athers as a guarantce | of liberty, and at its base 500,000 Amer- cans without a vote, without a voice. This is not healthy for the country. ‘Tax Total Is' Recounted. “Washingtonians pay taxes and 80| to war, but they cannot go to voting places. They l?u uxedhfflr ‘Federul- purposes annually more than $17,000,- 000, which is greater than the combined taxes of Arizona, Montana, Nevada, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ! REPRESENTATIVE LORING M. BLACK, JR. CALLS FOR VOTE IN DISTRICT JURY DISCHARGED N BRADY TRAL Fails to Agree After Four Days as to Guilt of-Judge in Killing Woman. By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex, February 8.—Unable to agree on a verdict after deliberating almost four days and nights, the jury in | the murder trial of John W. Brady, former Texas Appellate Court judge, charged with the knife-slaying of Miss Lehlia Highsmith, 28-year-old capitol stencgrapher, was discharged late today and Brady returned to his c2ll to await another trial. The jurors stood 11 to 1 for con- viction, and it was through Foreman J. R. Keltner that a mistrial was de- clared. When the jury was called down just before noon to be questioned concerning its request to be released, District Judge J. D. Moore directed Keltner to tell him the numerical standing only. | “We stand 11 to 1 for conviction,” he | two words, he said later when Dayton Moses, member of the defense counsel, called it to his attention and filed a mo- tion for a mistrial on that basis. The judge had the jurors brought down again, explained that he did not believe it would be proper for them to continue with the case and sent them away. Moses, meanwhile, withdrew his motion. District Attorney Henry Brooks submit- ted a request, to be acted on Monday, that the case be transferred to George- town. When the judge turned to Brady, who pleaded insanity, and asked, “Is it agreeable to the defendant if the jury is discharged?” He replied, “Yes.” Miss Highsmith, his alleged intimate, was_stabbed to death in front of her |apartment the night of November 9 last. Brady was arrested at the scene of the crime. The defense, admitting he was the girl's slayer, pleaded that years of alco- holic indulgence had warped Brady's mentality until he was unable to tell the difference between right and wrong. A few hours before the slaying Brady was ejected from a neighboring apart- ment where a party was in progress, at which Miss Hlfl"umlfll was a guest. ~The case, which has been on trial two weeks, was given to the jury late ‘Tuesday afterncon. The lengthy delib- eration of the jurors was believed by court officials to have been a record for trials here. WHIM SLAYER GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE Man Who Shot Another in Traffic| Argument to Die in Chair. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. February 8.—Death for a whim was the fate faced by August Vogel tonight. The “whim slayer,” so called because in a moment of -petu- lance he shot and killed Lyle Perre- noud after a slight traffic argument. threw himself on the mercy of the court—and the mercy of the court was death. The sentence—tbat the 27-year-old killer die in the electric chair April 18— was passed by Judge Otto Kerner of Criminal Court, and was said by at- worneys to be the first instance in 20 years in Chicago in which a judge has sentenced,a man to death on'a plea of guilty, and the third of its kind in the history of Chicago’s criminal law. Acquit Accused Fire Killer. SEATTLE, Wash., February 8 ().— Sakichi Takayama, Japanese, today Idaho, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. It has a , greater population han the States of | Nevada, Wyoming, Delaware, Arizona, | Vermont, New Mexic) and Idaho. Guil- 1 ford 8. Jameson, uble clerk of the House committee’ on judiciary, has | stated that Washington sent 18,000 men | to serve in the World War, and its! Ppercentage of volunteers to total en- ! listments is greater than that of any State in the Union, excepting five. Its vouing population exceeds that of nine | ©of the States. “To adopt the constitutional amend- | ment necessary to give Washington a vote and representation will benefit . Tather than harm the remainder of the country. The District representation in Congress would take the burden of lawmaking for the District to a big extent from the men from elsewhere, permitting them to more efficiently Tepresent their own people. Let democ- racy prevail at the National Capital | and urge your Representatives and Sen- ators to adopt the District of Colum- bia amendment so that liberty will not be paralyzed at its heart, the Na- tion's Capital, Washington, the Dis- trict of Columbia.” EX-FIANCE CHARGED (. WITH GIRL'S DEATH By the Associated Press. MUSKEGON, Mich, February 8— ‘The dismembered body of Gladys Ehr- hardt, 20, was found late today in a shallow grave near here, and Claude ‘Weaver, said by authorities to be her Jiited flance, was arrested on a murder charge. Coroner Tiede Clock sald that Weaver i5 accused of having shot the girl four times after a quarrel while the two flwl:r; hflm" The woman's hands an been chopped «he torso. was acquitted by a jury of first-degree murder charges in connection with the Portland Hotel fire here last October, | in which 10 persons lost their lives. Takayama was charged with setting the fire because of jealousy over Mrs. | Toma Mayeda, wife of the proprietor | alimony. of the hotel. Roosevelt Hits Freighter. HAMBURG, Germany, February 8 (#)—The United States Liner Presi- dent Roosevelt collided with the British freighter Philotis in the Elbe Estuary today. The freighter, of 1,000 tons, was damaged. but the American craft continued on her way to this port. |MRS. TENSCHERT FILES Boy Scouts Renew Pledge in Unison In Radio Ceremony TroopsThroughoutCoun- try Take Part in Nation- wide Broadcast. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 8—Boy Scouts all over the United States re- newed their Scout oaths in unison to- night in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of their organization. The Scouts were led in the recitation of their oath and law by Walter W. Head, president of the Boy Scouts of America, speaking over the National Broadcasting Co. system from Chicago, and Dr. John H. Finley of the New York Times, and James E. West, chief Scout executive, broadcasting over the Columbia system from New York. All Boy Scout troops in the coun- try made arrangements to receive one of the programs and participate in the ceremonies. Boy Scout Sunday will be observed in churches tomorrow. LINDBERGH IN SEARCH OF NEW GLIDER BASE Tests His Low-Wing Monoplane as He Announces Lebec Camp to Be Abandoned. By the Associated Press. METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Los Angeles, February 8.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, temporarily discontinuing his glider experiments in the moun- tains, today turned to testing his new Lockheed Sirius, jow-wing monoplane, for a Department of Commerce license. Announcing that his glider ‘cam near Lebec would be abandoned, Lind- bergh disclosed that from the air he will seek new hills on the seashore, near Los Angeles or San Diego, where he can obtain steady winds for further powerless plane operations. Speed tests, full and half-load tests, ing stability and landing tests kept Lindbergh up in the air, or diving down to earth, for several hours. Starting out in his black, bullet- shaped plane shortly before noon, Col. Lindbergh two hours later was demon- strating his craft to inspectors of the areonautic branch of the Department of Commerce. An unofficial speed of 180 to 185 miles an hour was clocked for the ship as Lindbergh roared it over a measured mile course. L. J. Houlebeck, Govern- ment aeronautical inspector, kept tc himself the official story of speed told by his stop watch, as he soared the course with Lindbergh. An official an- nouncement will be made later, LIMITED DIVORCE SUIT Charges Husband With Cruel and | Inhuman Treatment and Asks Alimony. Joseph F. Tenschert, a photographer, | 810 F street, was named defendant in | a suit for a limited divorce filed in the District Supreme Court by Lillian E. Tenschert, 438 Fifteenth street north- east, on charges of cruclty. They were married December 23, 1923, and the wife says she left him November 5 last. There are two children, whose custody the husband denies to her, she states, The wife tells the court that her hus- band is cruel and inhuman to her, sent her out to borrow money for him, forced her to take care of herself and to assist him in the conduct of his business. She charges that he brought men and women to the house whose conduct was not approved by her. He is also accused of allowing the freedom of their home to a man friend to stage wild and disorderly parties, Tenschert, who is known for the tinted pictures of the cherry blossoms about the Tidal Basin, makes between | $200 and $500 per month, the wife tells | | the court, and she esks for suitable She is represented by At torney Richard L. Merrick. | Contractor Dies sudfien]y. MIAMA BEACH, Fla., February 8| ()—Harry W. Potter, 54, retired con-| tractor of Hillsdale, N. J., died en route | to a hospital today after he had col- lapsed while walking along the ocean front here. With his wife, he had been | visiting here two months, |BOOTLEG KING'S “LOST FORTUNE,” | THOUGHT IN BANK, STILL MISSING Vault in Which Mrs. Remus Was Supposed to Have Put $2,000,000 Yields Rare Liquors. i | Contractor iated Press. CHICAGO, February 8.—The $2,000,- 000 “lost” fortune of George Remus, Cincinnati bootleg king, who talked himself into and then out of an asy- lum for the ecriminally insane after | fatally shooting his wife' Imogene, still was “lost” today, despite efforts of the public administrator’s office. Three officials of the Phillips State Bank, in which Mrs. Remus was sup- posed to have “saited” the fortune, w}:.re discharged in court on contempt cl 3 The three, B. L. Rosset, president; Michael J. Long, Martin, vault custodiat. & petition to discover assets in J.|box had been opened. Th wise estate of the slain woman after the vault which she had rented under the nzme of “Mrs. A. W. Holmes” was found to contain several bottle of rare liquor only. Jylck Rubens, chief investigator for the public administrator, charged the officials with denying ‘“Mrs. Holmes” had a box in the Phillips State Bank. They were questioned as to contents it was believed to have contained Wefore stalling and banking tests for determin- | Regist SUNNER FACLTY | ATC W, UL FORMED Seven Visiting Professors From Other Universities to Conduct Courses. Seven visiting professors from other universities will be included in George Washington University’s Summer fac- | ulty, according to Prof. Robert Whitney Iwell, director of the sessions. The Summer sessions in Columbian College, the Graduate School of Let- ters and Sciences, the School of Engi- neering, the School of Government, the division of library science and the divi- sion of fine arts will consist of a nine- week term, starting June 16 and end- | Ing August 16, and a six-week term from June 30 to August 9. The Law School Summer session consists of two | terms, the first extending from June 16 | to July 30 and the second from July, 31 to September 13. The visiting professors are Tanjes | Henry Schutte, of the Woman's College | of Alabama, visiting professor of edu- cation; E. Ehrlich Smith of Randolph- Macon College, visiting professor of education;. A. Curtis Wilgus of the Uni- versity of South Carolina, visiting pro- fessor of history; Carl Crumbie Whea- ton of the St. Louis University Law School, visiting professor of law; Robert i R. Potter of the University of North Carolina, visiting associate professor of English; Wesley T. Craven of New York University, visiting instructor in his- tory; Paul Swain Havens of Princeton Fl’h“'fl"“}" visiting instructor in Eng- is] Outline of Course. Prof. Schutte will offer a course for high school administrators and teach- ers which will consider recent growth in secondary education, aims and funo- tions, reorganization, program of study, classification and guidance, extra- curricular activities, plant, costs and standardization. He will also give a course in tests and measurements, a study of the status and significance of measurement in education and the utilization of data obtained in guiding instruction and study. Prof. Smith will give a course in the technique of teaching which will con- sider the directing of the learning proc- ess with special reference to the nature and meaning of the subject matter taught; and a course in elementary edu- cation, a survey of tendencies in eles mentary education with special reference to underlying principles, elementary school supervision, principles of con- | sructive supervision, the ctions and opportunities of the principal and spe- cial supervisors. A survey course and a pre-seminar in American history will be given by Prof. Wilgus. Prof. Wheaton will gg;rwrhewumtnmcymmuw Renaissance and Elisabethan litera- ture, Elizabethan drama and nineteenth go‘:':‘ry drama will be taught by Prof. T, History and Literature. Prof. Craven will give courses in Eng- lish history since 1803 and the Ameri- can Colonies and the British imperial problem. Mr. Havens will offer courses in seventeenth century literature, the romantic movement and Victorian poetry. 1 Dean Henry Grattan Doyle will pre- side at the meeting of the Eastern As- sociatio nof Deans and Advisers of Men, of which he is president, which will be held at Atlantic City on February 20, 21 and 22. The association will meet in conjunction with a large group of per- sonal guidance organizations. Among the speakers will be Dean Francis Brad- shaw of the University of North Cas lina, Dean Harry E. Stone of the Uni- versity of West Virginia, Dean Herbert E. Hawkes of Columbia University and Dr. David A. Robertson of the American Council of Education. Fred E. Nessel. assistant register of the university, will attend the meeting In ‘Atlantic City on February 21 and 22 of the National Association of Collegiate rars. The women's debate team of the uni- versity won its opening debate of the season Wednesday night, defeating a team from Penn State College. On Friday night the team met Ohio Wes- leyan. The woman debaters include Louise Feinstein, manager of the team; Virginia Frye, Julia_Bonwit, Genevieve Wimsatt Elizabeth Reeves and Myrtle ‘Wilson, Men's Debate Wednesday. ‘The men's debate team will open its season on Wednesday with a debate against Ohlo Wesleyan University and on Saturday will meet Princeton Uni- versity. The debaters are coached by Prof. Willard Hayes Yeager, Depew professor of public speaking in the university. On Tuesday, February 18, the Colum- bian Women of George Washington University will entertain at a reception in honor of the president of the univer- sity and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin. The reception will be held at the Washing- ton Club, at 4 p.m. The second semester of the academic year opened on Monday in the Law School and on Wednesday in all other schools of the university. Students ;nnyl ;en!(er until Wednesday, Febru- Ty 19. AIRMAIL HELP URGED BY AERONAUTIC C. OF . | Watres Bill, Fostered by Post- | master General, Would Pay Mileage Compensation. Enactment of legislation fostered by Postmaster General Walter F. Brown as “the one sound basis for future na- tional development of commercial air | transportation,” was urged last night by the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce, national trade association of the aireraft industry. The legislation, which was introduced by Representative Laurence H. Watres of Pennsylvania, “assures the conserv: tive, continuous development of air transport by providing a practical{ means for stimulating passenger, ex- press and freight traffic, to the end that the greatest public service will result,” it was stated in telegrams to the Senate and House committees in charge of postal legislation. The Watres bill proposes the pay- ment of compensation for the trans- portation of airmail at fixed rates per mile for definite weight spaces at not to exceed $1.25 per mile, instead of the present poundage basis with a limit of $3 per pound. It also proposes reduc- tion of airmail postage rates to 5 cents per ounce or fraction thereof, instead of the present rate of 5 cents per ounce and 10 cents for each additional ounce or fraction. MRS. W’PHERSON SUED. { Charges Evangelist With Breach of Hotel Contract. | LOS ANGELES, February 8 (#).— Norman Herman, contractor, today iiled sult for $216,418 damages for alleged breach of contract against Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist. Herman stated that he entered a written agreement with Mrs. McPher- son last June under which she was | to furnish funds and materials and he the work for the construction of a 13- story hotel adjacent to her church, being drilled by the bank in April, 1929, Martin told the court the vault had been forced after the rent was a year overdue, and that he was unaware of “Mrs. Holmes’ ” identity until after the e other offi were dis cials testified Angelus Temple. He alleged he had spent $25,000 of his money on prepara- tions, but that Mrs. McPherson refused to go ahead with the building The suit asked for the return of $2! and ,_ Whi ight (B total teLea1dAre. B He ‘Was to have cost $995,810. 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