Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1931, Page 2

T ——— : I :ASuMolent Votes to Add| $26,000,000 to Interior Fund Claimed. By the Associated Pre The Benate coalition was poised to- '. day t6 put up to President Hoover an * the administration-controlled House | $28,000,000 appropriation to the Red ! Crose for relief work. | Enough votes to approve this fund as an amendment to the Interior Depart- ment Appfopriation bill Were claimed by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Demootatic leader, A foll call was in prospéct today. Agricultural agencies were getting set “ %o distribute the $45,000,000 loan fund for seed and suppliés néedéd in plant- ““Whg Spring crops 1n the drought aiéas. “#The bill appropriating it was signed by Presiaent Hoover last night, immediate- Ay after Congress turned it I from ‘the 10-day deadlock over loans for hu- “man food. The money i8 to begin going “out within a week. Farm Animals Dying. The fund came in the nick of time, -gaid the Red Cross, for thousands of mules and cows are threatened with L starvation unless feed is furnished at ‘ofice. 1In Arkansas, officlals reported, “the stock is in worte fix éven than hu- man beirigs. Animals already are dying. Around the impending Senate contest Zwhs expected to hinge the decision on ‘an extra session of the new Congress in g. The Democraue leader, m&pm&d y the Republican independ- ents, has asserted he will seek to kill “the entire Interior Department supply bill, g funds for next year's oper- “ation of um branch of the Govérnment, ua reliéf amendment is rejécted by the House. administration leaders in the Sénate guined a temporary break at Sleast, in the Jnm hloekm( the vital ap- tion bl o:’ Agreement 10 psml oon-aenuvn the Democratic Telief proposal Interior nm Taken Up. ‘The interior bill—one of the 11 regu- measures which must ap) tion me: before March 4 adjournment extra session prospect is to bé avéided—finally was taken up by the umu Iate yesterday. Agreement 'u reached also to meet an hour ea to speed action. House, after disposing of the War &ummrs mpnll bfll squared away _~today on the and most contro- - versial of the mxvprhuon bills it has is Justice, State, Labor and Oummeree partments, and under the = first of these, carries the prohibition en- \4 nt funds. Several of the wet “meém are for these items : & week is mnwh- to elapse before e m“ rnismion. of uwdernmmm of qunhxnl. puud early in the leeMbymmm U S, READY TO LEND 48,000,000 IN HAIL 9 38 o L ? spec bus some local mln":': ent., oS In Mary] n'evex the nppncnm. will only be re- quired 1o an agreement to deliver ttel m‘e after the crop is and growing. In thé loan reguiations laid down, the Department of Agriculture has first call on the érop. If the loan is made 4 tenant hmer operating on the mMust secure a waiver the andiord. Similaris, 1 e loan l.l made by a landlord with share a8 tenAnts, these must waive prtor rights. - Most of the loans = will bé given to the farmers in intalls © ments, &s the actual need for seed, stock feed and fuel is determined by © @ local agent. Few farmers, it is pointed out, plmt all their crops at once, so that the full :loan will not be needed at ony one time. In previous seed loan arrange- ments it has been found that when the loan was paid in a lump sum, part of nmlmwbed\\’! to other uses, the payment of taxes nnd b" which are not contemplated congressional reeolution. Plans Well Advanced. Realizing that Winter is passing rapidly and that the ground in a few weeks will be ready for planting in some parts of the territory, the depart- ment has had its distribution ma- chinery in readiness for some weeks, so that the operation can proceed very rapidly now that the money is available. : Extensive publicity is planned in local newspapers 50 that avery, farmer will * know just how to file his application : ug‘mu approved. - for the worst stricken area © will be handled from the office set up - &t Memphis, which will attend to the = Joans for Arkansas, Tenn Loulsiana, - Mississi, and Alabama. The office at = 8t will provide loans for farmers | i in Kentucky, Southern Tlinois and Indiana and those limited areas in " Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and 'rexu where drought damage was serious in 1930. The office at Grand Forks will in ting in their crops, except by Gov- 5 per kst syt oo il P it cen nof next Pall when the 1931 or mature ;. and ‘:;0 m‘ruwu.';h‘emflau B pnyn:‘n Vary! according marketing - = eom in th@ sections. —e Rum-Carrying Auto Seiged. An sutomobile bearing 23 half-gallon Mwmn vmncn&‘t e WILLIAM N. POAK, Seeretary of Labor, who will speak to- mmw night over the Natiohal Radio DOAK WILL SPEAK ON' IMMIGRATION Labor Secretary to Make Radio Forum Debut Tomor- row Evening. Immigration, especially as it affects the employment situation in this coun- try, will be discussed by Secretary Wil- Ham N. Doak, Secretary of Labor, when he speaks in the National Radio Forum tomorrow night. The Forum is ar-i ranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the coast-to-coast net- ‘work the Columbia ng System. Because of the vital importance of the subject he will discuss, interest will be taken in Mr. Doak's appearance at | this time. Tightening of Laws. President Hoover's early plan for | ieeting the unemployment problem i | this country called for a tightening up in the enforcement of the immigration laws with the view principally, {0 re- ducing the number of visas issued. This | was followed by his announcement that the unmicrmon laws should be re- | vised as to further reduce immi ation. Senator Reed of Pernsylvania as since proposed that immigration be barred entirely until the unemployment situation has cleared. As head of the Department of Labor tary Doak is directly responsible for the enforcement of the immigration laws. Since assuming office he has the greater part of his time mumn‘ this subject. lleceunrlly ‘what will_have to uy in the National mmo l'orum will be looked for with ll_lhl With Subjeet. Immigration is & subject with which Mr. Doak has been familiar, however, of his long career as a labor uriion official. For nearly 25 years he was actively identified with the Broth- erhood of Railroad Trainmen. He was X Y X 'S r and manager m ag lative répresentative of the | l& u l uw of Vir- has been a close friend of t Hoover for several e‘n and was an active worker in his half during the flmt‘lfl of 1928. mhnenc to_the Labor portfolio country n . ll ALM And%‘ 'Q ir 1 selection, —_— ' T0 POWER POSITION; RUSSELL LEFT ouT| (Continued From First Page.) Jete portrayed as defending the pub- lie’s interest. All Posts Vacated. Because of the friction in the com- mission and on the ground also that under the new Power Commission which took office in December, all posts | - under the former commission were automatically vacated, three members of the commission, Chairman Smith | and Commissioners Draper and Gar- | saud, dropped Russcll, King.and Bon- | ner, ‘while ‘at fhe same time retaining | tne other employés on & umponry Aflgrvurd all employes were invited vgn file mm applications for permanent mu Russell, in common with the rest of these employes, made their applicasion, but Bonner, declaring that he had resigned, sald that he was tmau,flx Last week he was given tem- rux ployment as an engineer in the uredu of Reclamation gn a 825 | ’!‘hl the ol nent appointments _yesterday, under | the new regime, after having been -on | a temporary 30-day basis pending re- | organization. Two Still Temporary. ‘They included James F. Lawson, act- ing general counsel; engineers, draf! men ludlwrl clerks, stenograph messengers. Two others, F. Onfllh chief clerk, and Miss V. Orosetto, whom Russell brought over to the Power Commission as his secretary when he came from the Interstate Com- merce Comission to take the solicitor- ship, were continued on a 30-day basis. No explanation was offered for this difference, ‘The other principal positions to be | filled are those of a civilian chief engi- | neer succeeding the engineer officer, a | War Department assignment under the | old commission, which still is filled by Col. M. C. Tyler, and a secretary, re- placing the former it of executive secretary, which was held by Bonner, FRANKLIN J. ACKER DIES; WAS REALTY OPERATOR| Funeral Services for Native of Cap- 4tal to Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon. -three employu holdovers from commission, were given perma- | tate operator and con his home. in the Cordova Apartments, yesterday after & short iliness. Mr. Acker maintained offices at 1410 stréet. He was at one time president of Acker & Co., stone contractors. He was & native of this city and 'Il educated in the public schools here. was & member of the Assoviation nl Oldutllhtmlthlbiunu of the District of He is sufvived by a son, Harold K. Acker, with whom he made his home. Mrs. Acker died 15 years ago. Puneral services will be conducted at Gawler's chapel, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue, tomorrow afterncon &t 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Oak Hill Trainmen and for 14 years | ™ | rent was up, as 1 wouldn't tolerate that kind ‘of ‘beat. | and floor, and finally the butlet.” | death house on January 6 | said. ORDERS FOUR HELD Langdon, Paddy, Reed and Vernon Face Grand Jury Investigation. (Continued From First Page.) fold her “something was wrong with Beulah.” They returned to the Nine- teenth street house and found her dead. Later it was w.rmned she died of 1 4 head. around the ‘houu Mmmea nnrm‘ un t or any disturbance. These were the essential facts pre- sented to the jury concerning the events at the house 1mmedl|uly before and after Btulah's death Other 'houmy Confusing. ' O i, o e b ily confusi et wildering rapidity suspicion would be shifted one to another of the suspects. After hearing all the testimony and | deliberating more than an hour, the coronet’s jury was not able to decide who fired the fatal bullet into the head d{ th! youmful ucnury of the m unnum ?nuua Biates Ammey wn. liam H. Collins fl?‘ the facts to the grand jury n an nfly‘ date. He will ask this body to name the | slayer or slayers, and return indictments | charging murder in the first degree. | 1 feel confident the girl's slayer is| among those the detectives questioned,” Collins asserted. “I also believe there was a great deal of perjury at the inquest and that the jury acted wisely | in holding all four men for the grand jury. The investigation of the case will | continue from my office and police head(lunrwn and we hope to find addi- tional information to aid the grand Jury.” Kelly to Continue Probe. Capt. Edward J. Kelly, chief investi- gator, said his men would also be kept at work on the cade. Langdon was the only one of the four suspects to make a statement at the inquest. Witen Harry Whelan, Lang- don’s attorney, announced his intention of putting his client on the stand, Collins 6bjected and & legal squabble followed. } Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt'ruled that, as Langdon was making a voluntary statement and was not under, osth, he could not be eross-examined. Langdon Makes Statement. Collins announced at 11 o'clock last night that all the Government's evi- dence was in. The coronér then asked if any of the suspects wished to make & statement. Attorney_James O'Shea, rem-esentmt Limerick, Paddy and Reed, “My ‘ctl:;nu will make no mumnu at this Langdon, who had been waiting with apparent impatience for a charce to talk. then left his seat and walked to the witness chair. He was calm and began his statement in a firm voice: “The house at 18 Nineteenth street first came to my attention in the mid- | dle of last November, when one of my superiors said there had been ecom- &:finu of something wrong on my t,” he sald. “I went to the house, but the windows and doors were board- ed up and I thought it deserted. Two| ‘weeks later there was another com- | plaint, however, and on December 13 I went to0 the ‘mystery’ house, as we had started calling it. “I met Beulah for the first time that She was scantily ciad and ing & man. After some m- versation 1 told her to move when the house on My night, I returned and watched hotise.” - one the Many Women Leave. At this point Coroner Nevitt inter- rupted. “The things Mr. Langdon is about to dcscrlbe are hot fit for women to hear,” he sald. “I give i chance to léave the roonz.” Most of the several hundred women present left at once and the few rémaining hastily de- mmfl when phowgraphera started mx- pictures of the roos One wotnan, 48 she leu calied to her | husband: “Listen to this, Joe, and tell me later.” Langdon then resumed his statement, giving a description of the acts he had the shooting, f leave the house. He told of ollo-\n: him, of learning later that the girl had been shot and of volunteering to stand | guard in the house. He concluded with & description of his search of the house, in violation of orders he said he had not understood. “I first found the shell in the coffee cup. Then the hole in the mlttr;fl e also told of his arrest as a suspect and "'f grillings he was put through by ice. j Folicemen Daniel 2. Thompson and | ;h W. Bell of the fifth preeinct erified Langdon's story of the finding | of the bullet. They had goné to the house to take him food. | Tells of Pistol Tests. Sergt. Thomas L. McNamara of the Traffic Bureau told of tests he had! made with a 25-caliber pistol in the . He ex- pressed the belief that a gun of that | sai | make could have fired the bullet found in the floor, but that it would have been impossible for the shell to have been injected into a coffee mug in the | next room. “That shell must have been put in the cup by & human being,” he Mrs. Rose Langdon, wife of the sus- pected policeman, denied she had ever quarreled with him about Beulah. She | also denied telling police headquarters by phone that Langdon, while sup- posedly on duty, was in reality with a woman in his car near the scene where | 88 the Limerick girl was killed about two months ago. Headaq! ulmn Detective Benjamin Ku!hlln[ testified he received such a call from a woman who said she was “Mrs, Langdon.” Two other policemen, Paul Berger and Thomas Carter, admitted they had been friendly with Beulah. Berger said he fought over her about two years ago with David Limerick, her brother. Admits Correspondence, Something of a sensation was created by Russell Gates, sr., 74, who admitted having had considerable correspond- ence IN,h Beulah, signing his letters who lives at 6235 Thirty- eét, testified he met Beulah she to his home with & , § ¢céded him ofi the witness gist of the mmk the elder Gates explained, was that Russell communicate with Beulah immediately. At that time, Gates continued, his son was “in some trouble,” and Beulah had information which she thought might_prove helpful. lah and the elder Gates became friendly after that, the witness ad- mitted, and she made frequent visits to his home, in addition to corresponds ing with him. Both the visits lnfl the cofrespondence ocontinued until about :I; uvdsen before Beulah's death, Gates Weekly Visits Suggested. Usually, the witness went on, Beulsh was accompanied by Mrs. Martha Bargfrede, president of the Sky High Ciub, and her best friend. On 1. Policeman Robert F. Langden, one of the four men held by the ¢oroner’s jury investigating the death of Miss Limeriek. No. 2, left to right: Vernon Limerick, brother of Beulah; William E. Paddy and Richard Reed, also held to the grand jury. No. 3, Bob Merchant, Alexandtia radio entertainer, who told the jury of his friendship with Beulah. No. 4, Mrs. Dora Limerick, mother of Beulah, who has been subjected to strict questioning regarding a statement she you this is alleged to have made concerning a “gun in the stove.” No. 5, Police Sergl. Thomas L. McNamara demonsirating to the jury his ehln that the shell found if & coffee ctip could not have been ejected from the gun that killed Beulah. No. 6, Siegfried Michaelis, s plumber and friend of Beulah, who testifiéd that he saw a .25. -caliber gun in the house and that Reed said it was his. No. 7, Tex Carter, a policeman, questioned about his friendship with Beulah. No. 8, Paul Berger, another policeman, who ummed he had a fight with David Limerick over Bealah. No. §, Mrs. Ethel Limeérick, who was questioned. —Star Staff Photos. wanted to have a jolly good time.” “T'll always remember her as a nige | girl,” he asserted. when 1 was in trouble, bringing me in- tion that I needed. 'P Joseph Donohue, who criticized the | prosecutor for not speaking in a lower | “She came to me | tone of voice. Sergt. William Haislip of the fifth précinct testified he had visited the M 10 the letters he wrote Beuluh—‘NmeLeemh street house several times they were which a father would write to his| daughter,” Gates declared. o8t of his correspondence with | Beulsh, the witness continued, was in | known “only the kind of letters | to observe it from the outside after two policemen had complained of dis- | orderliness there. He admitted the dwelling, which was a8 “the mystery house,” was | referénce to his son, who had discon- | the subject of considerable conversa- | young woman. James A. O'Shea, attorney for Rich- | ard Reed, interrupted Gates' testimony to inquire: “What caused Beulah and Mrs. Bargfrede to discontinue their visits to your home?” “They can answer that better than I cAn,” was the answer, Asked About Kansas Trip. Continuing his testimony, Gates said Beulah, in one of her letters, asked ad- vice as to whether or not she should marry Charles Browh, 1421 Columbia road, to whom she was engaged at the time. “I told her that if he was a nice lsoyfl she should marry him,” the witness trip to Kansas, Gates responded: “Yes, 1 know all about it.” “That’s fine,” O'Shea shot back. “I've been trying all aleng to find out about that trip. guppflu you tell me all about it” It devtloped however, .that Gates’ knowledge of the trip was limited. All he knew, he admitted, was that. the girl, in one of her letters, had mentioned the possibility of going from Kansas o, {he West Coast. destroyed all of her letters as soon I had read them,” the witness ex- “I don’t keep accummulated despondent?” Dhmelg. trash, “Was Beulah Gates was asked. “Yes,” he replied. “She was often despondent, because she wanted to associate with nice p-ople.” In response to a question by Harry Whelan, counsel for Policeman Robert F. Langdon, Gates asserted he had never heard Beulah express fear that any one might do her bodily harm. “Didn’t she ever say anything -bout being afraid of a policeman?” OBh!I broke in. Gates replied that Beulah once told him a policeman had visited her home at lB inetéenth street, and that she planned to move. Mrs. Limerick Recalled. At the conclusion of Gates' testi mony, Beulah’s mother, Mrs. Dol Limerick, who previously had béen re- ported ill, was recalled to the stand, Brown, she relat:d, had boarded with her sevén or eight months ago. Although she knew he and Beulah “went to church and to shows together,” Mrs. Limerick did not know they were en- he sald. “I don't think she any man, added. Oolllnl told Mrs. Limerick Richard Reed had told police that Beulah left her mother's home because she was forced to share her bed room with a boarder. “Isn't that true?” the prosecutor queéried. “And isn't it true, too, that your other daughter, Mrs. Julia By- 'lltersx left for the same reason. . "Nh 5 Mrs. Limerick responded, shak- ing_hel e withess also denied having dis- cussed Beulab's life insurance after the ever the girls’ Inst visit, he declared, Beulah Cemetery. BN .'d**.,.m"m suggested that she visit him every ‘rhum-wm istant United States lh.m H. Collins asked. that he did not know, Auomy wn. Jun make that suggestion?” | to Mr: girl's death. She reiterated her denial, made in previous tesimony, that she had mentioned “the gun in the stove” s. Bargirede. in gy g lins, was | night, he testifie Asked if he knew anything of Beulah's | & | Carthy, but David maintaine | ment by exhibiting a gun of S taius"beuian Bad"scia ok , lked him. ‘fl.mled his friendship with the girl and | tion among fifth precinct policemen. ‘| was “keeping company” with another The only time he ever actually entered the residence, however, Haislip said, was after Beulah’s death. ‘The next witness was Paul W. Nichol- son, one of the policemen who had complained of the Nineteenth street house. Nicholson was passing the house one and David Limerick, | one of Beulah’s brothers, and “a boy named MecCarthy” ran out into the street. There had been a crgps game |in the dwelling, Nicholson mnunueg‘ and MeCarthy accused David cheating. The youths tan back into the resi- dence, with Nicholson behind them, the | policeman related. David fled to the back yard, the witness said, and fired & un. The weapon, Nicholson added, was .25-caliber one, according to Mc= it was & .38, and endeavored to prove his states | that caliber. Sergt. Waldron Takes Stand. Detective Sergt. Joseph Waldron, the next witness, described how Capt. Kelly | and other officers had questioned Ver- non Limerick, another of Beulah's brothers; Earl Reed, brother of Richard, and others concerned in the case. ' For he most part, their statements had Xanowea the same line throughout the many examinations to which they were subjécted, Waldron declared. stimony by Russell ned the night session last Gates, night. r. lbes who lives at 1420 M street, testi- | daily, It was said. d| fled he met Beulah in May, 1038, through a girl named Isabel Cool He saw Beulah three or four times a week theresfter until about a year ago, he said. ~He learned of her affair with Brown, he added, and decided “it was either me or him.” Both QCates and his father were mentioned in testimony given by se;fl‘ fried Michaelis, 42, who deseri relations with Beulah. Buelah had told him of both father and son, Michaelis, a steamfitter, de- clared. Bhe Teferred to the elder Gates as “Pop,” he added, and told him the younger one “had gotten into trouble about something.” Admitting he owned a .32-caliber pistol and that hé once was quite a marksman, Michaclis insisted he had never possessed & .25-caliber weapon. As for the gun he owns, he has never fired it, he said, adding that all of his shooting was done many years Ago, “out west.” He sald Reed owned a 26-caliber pistol six weeks ago, Reed has denied this. Hints He Avoided Reed. Outstanding in the testimony of Rob- ert Merchant, Alexandria radio enter- tainer, was his statement that Beulah told him a few weeks before her death that Richard Reed “raised hell” with her for attending dances and parties with other men. He added the girl sald she thought this was ‘none of Reed's business.” Merchant sald he had met Reed sev- eral times, but never had argued or fought with him. He intimated m had Teed &:- PROPERTY OWNER BANS' BILLBOARDS ‘Hc!u:es Liberal Yearly Rent- [ al for Land on Rookville Pike Near Bethesda. | While numerous business firms are co-operating in the civie campaign to improve roadside appearances in the ‘Washington suburban drea, it was learned today that Miss Mary E. Pat- ten of 2132 Massachusetts avenue has refused to permit the erection of bill- boards on & 100-acre tract which she owns on the Rockville pike at the en- trance to Bethesda. Like many othet latge property own- ers in Maryland and Virginia, Miss Patten was approached recently by representatives of the outdoor adver- tising industry and offered a liberal yéarly rental for billboard space. In announcing that she had promptly re- fused the offer, Miss Patten sald it might suggest to other property own- ers to do likewise as a protéction of the countryside. At the same time offers to tinue the use of outdoor received by the Washington Bicenten- nial Commission from several other firms which expressed their interest in -eliminating suc! s from the 2-mile zone outside Washington. Favorable replies to such requests as sent out by the commission and the American | Olvic Association are belnj received discon- s were Own Personal lnnrm. Miss Patten's refusal to_lend herself to the defacement of the Bethesda ap- proach is entirely in accord with her OWR personal interest and efforts in beautifying the Capital City and its en- virons. Her refusal also came at a time when the Women's Club of Bethesda, which is one of the most popular en- trances to the Cl.pml is initiating an active umrl;n against the signs that abound in that area. The Continental Baking Cor] nuon. through ita vice president, G. M, Go fried. notified the Bicentennial Ccmmln sion that it i8 “not now using outdoor advertising in the District of Columbia nor do we intend to use any in 1931.” J. Cook, manager of the Hctel Con- tlnenul assured commission that no contracts for billboards have been issued for 1931, and that consequently no action can be taken at this time in rdance with the request that their use be abandoned within the two-mile gone. “But we are interested in doing | c! away with our billboards for advertisin {, And assure you that we will take sucl a8 soon as it is conveniently pos- llb le,” Mr. Cook wrote. Suggests State Tax. The Burlington Hotel, through B. Holland, promised definitely that all signs maintained by the company with- in two miles of District line will _I‘I'Ahve been "mmfb{hz‘?::?l 1, ul.; management of loul jo formed the commission that the hotel's outdoor signs are outside the two- are desirous of having done,” BEdward Martin, president and managing direcs tor of the company, informed the While the uonhomerflCcunty League of Women Voters was planning to meet today to discuss nu.mum legislation in the Maryland Legislature, Miss Harlean James, exéoutive secretary ox the Amer- ican Civie Association, issued a state- ment that the ia SITE 15 PROPOSED $900,000 Structure Would Be Built on Square North of Methodist Building. At the request of House leaders, Chairman Hiliott of the House Com- mittée on Public Buildings and Public Grounds today introduced s bill pro- viding for acquisition of the entire block between Pirst and Second, B and C streets northeast, at an estimated cost of $900,000, as a site for & new bullding for the General Accounting Office. ‘This location is directly north of the Methodist Building and east of the pres- ent Senate Office Buildihg. It has long been contemplated that the Federal Government would acquire this site. The action taken today is in lne with the contention of Controller Gen- eral McCarl that his office should mot be p!wed ln any of the departmental groups in the Mall triangle because it has a distinét character and account- abil to Congress, as distinct from the executive branch of the Govern- ment. Names Special Commission. Acquisition of this site and erection thereon of the General Accounting Of- fice would bring this important agency, . which is a complement of the bud mm closer relationship !h Congress itself, to which it is account- able, acting as a check and watehdog on the appropriations made by can ‘fwml“wmfi to Budget B stud 'nm Ellott bill provides for & mmission_com of the Vice minority members of th ounfl Senate Committees on Public Bu! ed that there n some 1,000 employes. LUCAS DENOUNCED BY G. 0. P. SENATORS FOR LETTER HE SENT (Continued From First Page.) in the last election with a “false” quotation. “I hold no h‘hf lor Alfred E. Smif said Cuf 'Iut 18 entitled to & and he is not to be led reply_to his req ‘The only re) that Lucas will apologise if Oov s-nm alters his position on prohibition, or ise which has no bearing is & possible conciusion draw,” Cutting replied. “If he did not, i was concocted within & few miles of him.” assoc proves State taxation of billboards as one of | conni the wi egulatis Her statement was as follows: “Word from New Jersey indicates that the law to tax billboards 3 cents & square fcot annually, which was passed by the Legislature last year, is | himsel! this now in effect. In January of year it wAs necessary for the companies and advertisers in each case to decide whether they wnuld pay the tax nr flh- continue the board. A many have come down as a result of lhn uxln( law, but the principal effect has been :g u;:r;;l'g .m%me to :.:a State and uj itdoor advert! its share of taxation o Want mm Removed. “The American Civic Association has g'ne on fécord in faver of neemlng llboard companies and taxing bille boards. The association expects to give its support to a measure providing for billboard taxation in the State of Mary~ land. The boards should be taxed. Taxation of billboards, supplemented by | 10 adequaté local zoning laws to keep bill- boards from injuring property values and disfiguring residence and shopping districts, will improve conditions in towns and cities. But .;bove all, the gton re- {lnn the association believes that the at- itude of the local advertisers who are offering their hearty co-operation in the eampaign to clean g)-nd mnmn the highway entrances will be followed by a similar ltfltude gin the part of national outdoor adver< isers, 26 NATIONS UNITE TO STUDY BRIAND’S FEDERATION PLAN (Continued From First Page.) ment of the systems in question are governed by national legisiation, which | in some cases have a restrictive effect. We must alréady look forward to the time when these exchanges can no longer be limited to two neighboring countties, but when they will have to extend to the whole connnon! wmeh will have to be covered by an immense network of power distribution. It 1§ muon ch & program and that a deflnlu mcun %u elhblllMd o enable it to he into Under Arunl: ll of the Covenant the League of Nations has aiready inter- ested itself in the power problem. Two mlm% one relating to the de- vélopment hydraulic power, the other to electric power transmission, were drawn up in 1923. These were to apply to the whole world, and the Bel n \:mme 1 lt they had been of mile zone. “Our co-opération, because ormmuqrrm uu!mlylhn of being in agreement activities of a Cutting said publican Kmoml Committee to protect 1f his “perfonal ht with u letter T8 in ing Senator Ncrrll * and n!med he had sent precinet wmch he mmud his letter nuam Criticism of Fess. mq of ‘%)‘o cn o Bresident using the Nepubumn National te the candidacy lent Hmer for renomination. It i ity the President unnm be separal & man who has 80 completely discredited and dunwntd by the decent membérs of the party.” Cutting also condemned Senator Fess, chairman of the Republican National Ccmmmee for “using” the committee broadeast a statement ocriticising Senator Couzens on the -merger issue. “I deny the right of the Mpubucan National Commit to broadcast and gl e, o Pt or cf can Senator,” added {hb upon Senator Fess as nm muhr hend of the party and upon the men who actually control the pu-ty to repudiate the di eful and outrageous actions of Mr. Lucas.” French Bank Suspends. NIMES, Prance, January 16 (#).— Because of heayy withdrawals by wine &rodueeu the Regional Bank of Gard mporarily suspénded payments today. The institution has 44 branches. Will Rogers Says I am here for relief, you got to come and get it personally, you can't do it through your Senator or Congress- man. They are worse off than we are. Times are 50 ha‘r& they are wing constituents into :.helrh priva ta; unch rooms buy their Repre- sentatives mnll.i Congress hasn done in so even the py. ists that work on mmmll’)uul mrlefl and mllmn' for per- terday turned flcwnthelsmli'l:n o%dbfl. and passed 15 million “to 1myrou emrlno‘u to nluonnlh'urh % & road anywhere want to out of the M‘Nmn . can't get a sandwich. won't be