Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Occasional rain with continued mild temperatures today; tomorrow clearing and much colder, preceded by rain in early morning. Temperatures yesterday— Highest, 59, at 10 p.m.; lowest, 54, at 6 a.m. Full report on page A-2. Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. (P) Means Associated Press. No. 1,706—No. 34,179. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, D. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION iy Stare C., SUNDAY TAX REVISON OUT, BARKLEY STATES PRESIDENT ONTRI Impossible to Get Through a Bill in 3 Weeks Left of Session, He Says. FARM PLAN AWAITS ACTION IN SENATE > Passage by End of Week Seen. Veto Threatened Unless Pro- gram Is Kept Within Limits. BACKGROUND— A farm relief bill, wage and hour legislation and Government reor- ganization were listed as “must” items on the program of the spe- cial session of Congress, but it ap- pears now that the latter two have little hance of enactment. * Efforts of leaders to drive the pro- gram through have been blocked by debate on the anti-lynching bill and grave concern of many legis- lators over business slump and need of tax revision. By JOHN H. CLINE. Putting the tribulations of farm re- " lief and tax revision behind him for the time being, President Roosevelt turned southward last night for a brief fishing trip while congressional lead- ers prepared to tackle the formidable task of pushing a satisfactory farm bill through the Senate this week. ‘The political scene was confused, « to say the least, as the President and his vacation party boarded & Miami-bound train just before mid- night. On the Senate side, Majority und-‘ er Barkley, after a conference with the President, stated unequivocally that there will be no tax revision during the special session of Congress. “There’s no use in misleading the eountry,” he stated. “As I have um‘ before, there will be no tax revision during the special session. It would be impossible to get through a tax | bill in the three weeks remaining.” On the subject of farm legislation, however, the majority leader was more | optimistic, predicting the pending bill could be passed in the Senate by the | end of the week without material change, Veto Threatened. But this raised additional compli- cations in view of the warning from the White House yesterday that the farm bill may be vetoed if it calls for the expenditure of more than $500,000,000 without provision by Congress for additional revenue. The implied threat of a veto came from Stephen Early, secretary to the Presi- dent, after Mr. Roosevelt had written | Senator Barkley that: “It is obvious that a constant in- crease of expenditures without an equally constant increase in revenue can only result in a continuation of deficits. * * * I feel that every effort should be made to keep the new farm program within the present (appro- priation) limit of $500,000,000 per annum.” | It this is found impossible, wrote the President, “I then urge that steps be taken to provide the necessary in- | crease in revenue to meet any ex- | penditures under the new farm pro- gram in excess of this sum.” Mr. Early announced “in connection with this letter” that “any enlarged measures” calling for appropriations 4 for which Congress does not make special provision are “very likely to meet presidential disapproval.”. Earlier in the day Mr. Roosevelt conferred with Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Com- mittee. This committee must originate any bills for modification of existiag taxes—particularly those on capital gains and undistributed profits—and such measures as may be needed to defray unusual expenses like a farm bill outlay in excess of the half-billion dollar figure. No Financing Plans. Mr. Doughton told reporters he saw nothing for his committee to do about . financing the farm program “until we v know what the law is going to be.” He added that he had discussed the gen- eral revenue situation with the Presi- dent, including whether proposed taxa- tion relief for business should be made retroactive. He said he did not be- lieve such measures could be made Tetroactive successfully. His statement was in the nature of a reply to Representative Celler, Democrat, of New York, who had asked for immediate revision of the undistributed profits and capital gains tax, coupling with this a plea that the ehanges be made retroactive for 1937. The ulitmate cost of the farm bill was the big unanswered question as Congress recessed for the week end. Minority Leader McNary urged that efforts to enact the bill be abandoned at this time, asserting soil conserva- tion payments under the present law would be adequate until the budgst has been balanced and conditions are more stable. He estimated that at least $750,000,000 would be needed to carry out the bill's parity price pro- visions, and even more in event of a bumper crop. Chairman Jones of the House Ag- riculture Committee expressed belief the farm program would not cost in excess of $500,000,000 annually, “un- less they want to appropriate more.” Representative Bolleau, Progressive, ef Wisconsin, discussing a minority report of the committee, said the House farm bill utterly disregards the welfare of farmers who produce com- modities other than cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco or rice. Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, who was chairman of the subcommittee that drafted the cotton provisions of the Senate bill, said he (See FARM, Page A-6) Beggars Seek Registration. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 27 (#).—"“The National Syndicate of Beggars,” claim- ing 8 membership of 1,500,000, applied today to the Labor Department for registration. i « } Y Army Passes Down Navy, 6-0, Thrilling 102,000 Braving Rain Craig Scores From 3-Yd. Line After Two Hedves Stun Middies. By FRANCIS E. STAN, Staff Correspondent ot The Star. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27.— Fog, rain, and a vaunted Navy offense held no terror here today for the Army, and, before the record football throng of the year, West Point’s gold-hel- meted Cadets swept to a 6-to-0 victory in the 38th service classic in Munici- pal Stadium. In a fog and drizzle so thick that it was difficult at times to see across the huge concrete saucer, Army raked Navy’s decks with a first-period aerial bombardment that left 102,000 spec- tators stunned. Thereafter, as dusk began to settle and the lights of the stadium were turned on to allow both contestants and onlookers alike to follow the ball, Army dug its cleats into the soggy, green-dyed turf and doggedly turned back the Midship- men’s 11th-hour threats. It was Army's 21st victory over Navy since the classic started in 1890, . and a triumph which found the boys from the banks of the Hud- son subtly thumbing their noses at pre-game predictions. Today was a day designed for anything but expert throwing and receiving of passes and yet it was through the medium of well- executed aerials that Army prevailed. With only 10 minutes of the battle unveiled before a raincoated and drizzle-drenched crowd, Army called upon its pass-thrawing halfbacks | with familiar political names. Left Halfback Woodrow Wilson, a second Other Scores. While Army was defeating Navy yesterday more than 40,000 persons—the South’s record at- tendance—turned out at Durham, N. C, to see Pitt's Panthers keep their Rose Bowl hopes alive with & 10-0 decision over Duke. An- other bowl candidate, undefeated Fordham, tied only by Pitt, also retained national championship claims, with a 20-7 triumph over its traditional rival, N. Y. U. Columbia turned in a surprise by holding Stanford to a scoreless tle, while another coast team— Southern California—went down to a 13-6 defeat before Notre Dame. Holy Cross ended its undefeated season, marked only by two score- less ties, with a 20-0 victory over Boston College. Other major results found Georgia tying Georgia Tech, 6-6; L. S. U. trampling Tulane, 20-7; Nebraska nosing out Kansas State, 3-0; Texas Christian de- feating Southern Methodist by the same score; Rice defeating Baylor, 19-7, and U. C. L. A. whitewashing Missouri, 13-0. classman from El Paso, Tex., flipped & beautifully directed heave to Jim Schwenk, a classmate from Schuyl- kill Haven, Pa., to set up the scor- ing play. A few moments later “Huey” Long, another second class- man from Rock Island, Ill, whipped a well-screened pass to John Ryan, a first classman from' Cherokee, Iowa, and when Navy's Lem Cooke grounded | (Continued on Page B-6, Column 1.) | PARTIAL VETOES Only Authorization by Con- gress Is Necessary, Sum- ners Believes. BACKGROUND— Undesirable legislative items, perhaps in the form of riders to some unrelated bill, often become law because the President is un- willing to veto the measure in which they are included, and nc provision has been made for re- jecting omly portions of a single measure. In a move to correct this situation, several members of Con- gress have suggested amending the Constitution, By WILL P. KENNEDY. Direct congressional authorization and not a constitutional amendment is all that is necessary to enable the Président to veto individual items in an appropriation bill, according to a written opinion submitted to Speaker Bankhead by Chairman Sumners of thé House Judiciary Committee. Representative Sumners, nationally known as an authority on judicial problems, based his report on “an examination of applicable provisions of the Constitution” and on “the his- torical background,” but reserved an opportunity to make a careful study of precedents and decisions before giv- ing a final opinion. His committee is considering reso- lutions of Chairman Taylor of the Appropriations Committee, and half a dozen other members, providing for a constitutional amendment giving the President power to pigeon-hole ap- propriation bill items. Far-Reaching Implications. The implications in Mr. Sumners’ opinion are far-reaching, inasmuch as the principle he suggests could pro- vide a quick method of blocking leg- islation that frequently gets by be- cause it is attached as a “rider” to some other measure the President is loath to veto. A well remémbered ex- ample was the Miller-Tydings price- maintenance law passed at the last session of Congress as a-rider to the District tax bill. Sharply criticizing the price legisla- tion President Roosevelt made it plain that he only withheld a veto because he was unwilling to see the vitally- needed revenue measure killed. In the opinion, Mr. Sumners says “the purpose and plan are so clearly revealed by the text of the Constitution that an examination of precedents and decisions is unnecessary to the forma- tion of a tentative opinion. If I should find contrary decisions, I would not be able to agree with them, though I might be compelled to abide by them.” “The plan of the Constitution in its entire concern,” asserted Mr. Sumners, “is that proposed legislation which has received congressional indorsement shall become law when the President shall examine and approve it, and if he disapproves, the judgment of the Congress be taken again in the light of the President’s objections, which judgment is to be exercised by a two- thirds vote of the Houses of Congress. In Harmony With Plan. “It is part of the plan that legisla- tion which Congress and the Presi- dent approve become law as soon as their minds meet, and the formalities of the Constitution are complied with. (See VETOES, Page A-3.) Hikers Kill Cou By the Associated Press, WHEAT BASIN, Mont.,, Nov. 27— “They shot mamma and pepa last night.” Thus did 5-year-old Larry Kuntz I disclose today a story that two hitch- hikers beat him unconscious and left in an automobile with the bodies his father, Mike Kuntz, 38, and his mother, 28, of Wheat Basin. . Directed by little Larry, Mike Zisser and Hubert King found the bodies. Both had several bullet wounds. King said the boy walked forlornly into his store here & mile from where the car was found. 8 SEEN POSSIBLE ple and Leave Son, 5, Unconscious in Auto NEW SLIDEFEARED IN'L0 ANGELES Geologist Says Only Fourth | of 4,000,000 Tons Roared Across Highway. (Pictures on Page A-3.) By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. Nov. 27.—Rocks. earth and trees tumbled down the side of Elysian Park's “moving moun- tain” today and geologists said an- other worse avalanche is imminent. ! Geologists who inspected the gigan- tic, gaping hole torn in the north face of the 350-foot high bluff by last night's slide, said only one-fourth of the 4,000.000 tons of earth out- side the fault, roared down across| the usually heavily-trafficked Riverside drive. the Dayton Avenue Bridge nnd‘ thé dry bed of the Los Angeles River. | A small fissure was forming behind ' the one-block section of Riverside drive ripped away by the slide. An- | other tremor today sent several more ' thousands of tons of earth rumbling | over the buried traffic artery. Another Slide Held Inevitable, Dr. John P. Buwalda of the Cali- | fornia Institute of ‘Technology said another slide was inevitable. | “There is less hope than ever.” he | said. “The worst is yet to come, too.” The semi-circular area at the top | of the hill sheered itself down about | 75 feet. The lower regions of the | original slide area, where tremendous | pressure has been at work for at least a month. were still intact. The slide | carved out a fan-shaped hole that| was approximately 1,000 feet wide at the base of the hill. Dr. Thomas Clements, head of the Geology Department of the Univer- sity of Southern California, urged | that further precautionary measures be taken, Everyone was agreed that with Southern California's rainy season only a few weeks off, the Elysian Park bluff might crumble with the first downpour. Traffic on the af- fected part of Riverside Drive will not be re-opened’ until all danger is past. Eventual Collapse Forecast. Dr. Clements said that, eventually, the hill would collapse completely and re-settle. “I had supposed that the big crash might hold off until after the first heavy rain of the winter season,” he said. Engineers estimated the damage to the Dayton avenue bridge, which “feeds” traffic from sections of Glen- dale, Burbank and San Fernando into downtown traffic just above the northernmost of four tunnels on North Ferguson street, was about $200,000. Another slide anywhere near the proportions of last night, mighf destroy the bridge. Property damage near the slide area was negligible. BLOW TO HITCH-HIKERS PHOENIX, Ariz, Nov. 27 (#).—The “body” a startled pedestrian saw in her car, Mrs. M. P. Blank of Los An- geles explained to highway patrolmen who sirened her to a stop today, must have been “Col. Pottersby.” Col. Pottersby is & dummy without sound effects. Mrs. Blank said she uses him as an escort to discourage hitch-hikers. attacked by a dog, asked King to take him home. As they. started, King said, the boy told him: “But there’s nobody at home.” “Where’s your mamma?” asked. The child replied: “They shot mamma and papa night.” ¢ Uhdersheriff Jack Benjamin said the child related his parents were flagged down by a man and & woman. Benjamin said Larry told him an argument started between his father and the man hitchhiker. Beyond that, Larry not eontinue his King ¢ | amounting in 1936 to about $47,000,- HULL WARNS TOKIO NOT T0 TAKE OVER CHINESE GUSTOMS Concern Is Expressed for Future of Trade “Open Door.” REPRESENTATIONS ALSO MADE BY GREAT BRITAIN Fear for Commerce Is Spurred by Drastic Reduction of Exports to Manchuria. BACKGROUND— American and British have long had interest in Chinese maritime customg because of security for in- ternational loans to China in re- cent decades. Conquest by Japan of Shanghai, Tientsin and other coast cities imperils continued dis- tribution of revenues collected by customs in accordance with terms of the loan agreements. Japanese authorities Friday took over all communication facilities at Shang- hai and assumed all former func- tions of Chinese government in metropolis. By the Associated Press. Secretary Hull, concerned for the future of China's commercial “open door,” warned Japan yesterday that the United States could not look with equanimity on any attempt to tamper | with the Chinese maritime customs £ystem. Acting on his instructions, Amer- ! ican Ambassador Joseph C. Grew formally notified the Tokio foreign of- fice that the American Government would be ‘“very much concerned” if the Japanese conquerors of Shanghai and other parts of China disturbed the integrity of the Chinese customs ser- vice. Others Lodge Protests. The Secretary of State, in making this known at his press conference, announced also that the State Depart- ment was maintaining close contact on the subject with other governments, some of whom, notably Great Britain, have lodged similar representations with the Japanese government. ‘Whether Washington and the other protesting powers contemplate fur- ther action with respect to the cus- toms situation was not made known. But officials here did not attempt to disguise their growing anxiety over | the possible consequences to American | trade and financial investments in | China if the customs ports were seized. | Uppermost in their calculations was | the question whether such big ship- ping centers as Shanghai and other coastal cities might be treated like the interior Chinese customs depots which were taken over in the Japanese con- quest of Manchuria in 1932-33. Since then, trade authorities said, American and other foreign exporters have been able to enter the Manchu- rian market only with the small cate- gories of goods Japan was unable to | supply. Approximately 55 per cent of Amer- ica’s annual exports to China proper, 000, move thyough the Shanghai cus- toms, 1936 Revenue $100,00 0. , which collects tariffs and other port assess- | ments on the importation of foreign goods, is one of the central govern- | ment’s chief sources of revenue. A major partion of such revenues, which amounted last year to approximately $100,000,000, is pledged by agreement with foreign powers to the payment of interest and services on various foreign obligations. United States investors hold only a relatively small portion of the total Chinese obligations abroad. Secretary Hull indicated that this Government was as thuch concerned over the prin- ciples involved as the actual monetary stake. | American holdings are involved in only two of China’s foreign obligations which are guaranteed by its customs revenues. They are the Hukuang Railroad loan bonds of 1911, of which 5,650,000 pounds sterling now are out- standing and of which American in- vestors originally held approximately 25 per cent. The second is the $16,608,000 of American wheat and cotton credits of 1931 and 1933, of which $14,200,000 now, is outstanding. These are guar- anteed by Chinese consolidated taxes as* well as by a surtax of the customs revenues. INSISTS ON CONSULTATION. England Informs Japanese of Claims Over Customs. LONDON, Nov. 27 (A).—Great Britain today ordered her Ambassador to Tokio to inform Japan that Britain insisted on being consulted before any changel were made in the Chinese maritime customs. As British anxiety shifted from Europe to the Orient, some quarters suggested recent Japanese moves to take over the government of con- quered Shanghai might lead Britain again to try to bring the United States into a joint British-French-American program. Britain, France to Confer. The British instructions to Sir Robert Craigie, the Tokio Ambassador, came almost on the eve of an Anglo- French conference on the interna- tional situation. It was understood the threat to Anglo-French interests in the Shang- hai International Settlement might overshadow European affairs in the talks between Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French Premier Ca- mille Chautemps. Official British quarters said the United States would be “advised fully” on anything it wants to know about the Anglo-French talks. It was disclosed Britain had been in touch with the United States and France on the question of Japanese control of Shanghai. Hershel V. John- son, United States Charge D'Affaires, was said to have kept close contact with the forsign office during the last few days. 7 f MORNING, NOVEMBER 28 1937120 PAGES. * FIVE CENTS ‘ TEN CENTS LA Why Does the Chest Need Your Help? For a Partial Answer Turn to Page A-9. SELF-LIQUIDATING HIGHWAYS URGED Lonergan Backs Idea to Aid Employment and Promote Safety for Tourists. By J. A. O'LEARY. A system of self-liquidating tourist highways following direct lines be- | tween important points throughout | the country, separated from the bus | and truck lanes and free from railroad | grade crossings, was put forward for | study yvesterday by Senator Lonergan, | Democrat, of Connecticut. He submitted the plan to the United | States Bureau of Public Roads for | consideration. Coming at a time when the administration is considering cur- | tailment of the regular Federal aid | highway program as part of its econ- omy move, Senator Lonergan be- | lieves these self-liquidating projects would aid employment and promote safety. 5 If no serious objections to the plan are raised, the Connecticut Senator said he will sponsor the necessary leg- islatoin for its adoption. In general, the plan is to have the Federal Government issue tourist highway bonds, bearing 3 per cent interest, but without tax exemption. The funds thus raised would be used to build lighted boulevards following straight, airline routes between desig- nated points. Charge Per Mile. The cost would be liquidated, the Senator explained, by & mileage charge of one-half to 1 cent from motorists preferring to use these routes. “Such a charge could not be con- sidered as a toll,” the Senator stated, | “in view of the existence of other main highways which motorists can now take, if they prefer.” The Senator’s plan is based on the assumption that there are a consider- able number of motirists who would be willing to pay a small charge for the convenience of touring on lighted highways without interference from heavy traffic and grade crossings. Germany and other European coun- tries, as well as some localities in the United States, have tried the plan and found it successful, Mr. Lonergan said, adding that it is not his thought to interfere with the regular Federal-aid highway system, but merely to supple- ment it. > Expansion of C. C. C. Work. The Senator emphasized he is pri- marily interested in the safety fea- tures of the proposal, but that it also contains possibilities for creating em- ployment, “expansion of Civilian Con- servation work and safe investment of portions of Government funds collect- ed for future payments of old-age pensions and future obligations.” Mr. Lonergan does not believe the plan would compete with private en- terprise nor seriously affect the rail- roads, “since it would merely divert from present highways that portion of the trafic willing to pay for tke convenient superhighway through routes.” It has been estimated that traffic of approximately 1,000 cars per day over each mile of road would be nec- essary to finance and maintain the sefl-liquidating highway program, he said, and on the present basis of 5,000 to 15,000 cars per mile on some of the main highways authorities figure there would be attraction for af least one-third, or sufficient to finance the program. TWO ‘DUDE COWBOYS' CHARGED WITH MURDER Train Robbery Also Laid to Pair in Attempt to Hold Up Passengers. By the Associated Press. LAS CRUCES, N. Mex.,, Nov. 27.— Harry Dwyer, 22, and Henry Lo- renz, 27, were charged today with murder and train robbery—both car- rying a death penalty—for their Wild West attempt to hold up a passenger train Thanksgiving Day. The murder complaint grew out of the fatal shooting of W. L. Smith, & switchman, during a melee that broke out when passengers beat and cap- tured the two “dude cowboys” as they tried to leave the crack Southern Pacific train after the hold-up. So seriously were they beaten that Dr. C. A. Miller, county physician, said Dwyer might lose the sight of his left eye, and Lorenz apparently was suffering from s semi-paralysed right arm, Hands Caught, Boy Hangs Hour 60 Feet in Air By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Nov. 27.—His hands | caught between the cables and pulley | of a freight elevator, 10-year-old Jim- | | my Leadbetter hung for more than a half hour today at the top of a 60- foot elevator shaft. Surgeons believed they could save the injured members. The accident occurred as Jimmy and A companion were engaged in “joy- riding” in a vacant building. On one trip, as the elevator stood at the top floor, Jimmy grasped the cable to| steady himself. Without warning, his | companion started the car. Pright- ened, he continued downward despite the boy's screams, and ran 10 blocks to notify the youngster's mother. Capt. Dan Kummer of the lifesaving | | squad had to lash Jimmy's body to & | ‘.shn!t support before he could cut the | cable and free the lad. | - “Only his calmness and nerve saved | him,” Kummer remarked. PASTORS T0 MAKE NEW CHEST PLEA { Churches Again to Aid Drive, $267,000 Short of Its $2,059,000 Goal. Another “Community Chest Sun- day” will be observed today in many Washington churches whos¢ ministers have agreed to make additional pleas from their pulpits in view of the finan- agencies of the Chest. The campaign today was approxi- mately $267.000 short of its goal of $2,059.000. Contributions of about $30,000 came in during the last few days. Officials of the organization were encouraged by the arrival of several substantial gifts not reported at last Tuesday's meeting. Diplomat Sends $1,000. Wilbur J. Carr, Minister to Czecho- slovakia, sent a check for $1,000 for himself and Mrs. Carr. Justice Har- lan Fiske Stone and Mrs. Stone sent a gift of $850 which had been delayed in the mails, and Daniel L. Hazard, former member of the Coast and Goe- detic Survey, who has lived in Massa- chusetts since his retirement, sent his usual check for $500. The most heartening event of the day, according to Chest officials, was the announcement that Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, publisher of the Washing- ton Times and the Washington Herald, had sent in an additional gift of $5,000, making her total contribution for the year $10,000. Mrs. Patterson expressed, in making this additional gift, her concern over the failure of the Chest to reach its goal and the hope that the extra contribution would help to make the drive a success. Workers in the Metropolitan, Spe- cial Assignments, Suburban and Capi- tal Units were preparing to continue their efforts throughout today, despite the possibility of unpleasant weather (See CHEST, Page A-3.) cial emergency confronting the allied ! 590 D00 BARNETT TRANSFERS VOIDED Court Holds Lawyers and His Widow Guilty of Fraud in Distribution. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans., Nov. 27.—Federal Judge Richard J. Hopkins held today that former Representative Harold McGugin, his law partner, Walter S. Keith and Anna Laura Barnett “par- ticipated fraudulently in the distribu- tion of funds belonging to the late Jackson Barnett, oil wealthy Indian. The court issued judgment against Mr. McGugin and Mr. Keith, in favor of the Government, for $137,500 plus 6 per cent interest from 1923, and ruled the attorneys were not entitled to any fees for legal services for Mnl Barnett or his widow. Holding that Mr. Barnett was men- | tally incompetent at the time of the transaction énd the lawyers and the widow knew it, Judge Hopkins ordered voided an instrument signed with the | Indian’s thumb print, on which $550,000 of his wealth was turned over to Anna Laura Barnett by Albert B. Fall, who as Secretary of the Interior, was Mr. Barnett's guardian. The court ordered invalidation of | all transfers of parts of the $550,000. Judge Hopkins in his findings on the case. which has been in court nearly 15 years, said the elderly In- dian and Anna Laura Lowe first were | married February 21, 1920, by & justice seven days later were accompanied by Mr. McGugin to Neosho, Mo., for another ceremony. Three days after that, the court said, Mrs. Barnett contracted with Mr. McGugin and Mr. Keith to pay them for legal services 25 per cent of all money she received from Mr. Barnett or his estate, provided the cost did not exceed $500,000. MINE TO PAY BONUS Homestake to Give $200,000 to 2,000 Employes at Christmas. DEADWOOD, S. Dak., Nov. 27 (#). —A Christmas bonus of $100 each, to be paid December 20 to all employes, was announced today by Guy N. Bjorge, general manager of the Home- stake Mining Co., which operates one of the largest gold mines in the world. Bjorge said 2,000 employes would share in the bonus, which thus wouid total $200,000. The company paid & $50 bonus in June. 42 EAGLES KILLED ST. ANTHONY, Idaho, Nov. 27 (®). —The great American eagle may be seen in the future only on coins and official seals if he doesn't learn that power poles are not healthy roosting places. An employe of the Utah Power & Light Co. said 42 eagles were electro- cuted within a week in this region. Each time power was cut off until an automatic switch restored the con- nection. Police Rush to ‘While police rushed to Chain Bridge last night to head off a suicide-bent citizen, who had made no effort to keep his plans secret, the same man pulled himself out of the river near the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge—ap- parently deciding a watery grave was colder than the world. The man who changed his mind, identified by police as Arthur Schultze, 34, was taken to Gallinger Hospital for mental observation, while detec- tives attempted to locate his wife, Mrs. Ernestine Schultze, who indirectly was responsible for the revelation of her husband's suicidal intentions. Schultze, fairly well dressed and composed, approached Guard Frank C. Wurfel at the City Post Office, North Capitol street and Massachu- setts avenue, about 7:30 p.m. and re- quested that the officer deliver a note to his wife. “I-have no money for stamps and would like this to reach my wife,” Wurfel quoted Schultze as saying as Note Writer Leaps Off Another Chain Bridge, Curious because of the unusual re- quest, Wurfel hastily read the note as Schultze walked away and then ran outside to find a patrolman. His alarm was caused by a sentence— “So I'm on my way to Chain Bridge to fix everything.” First Precinct Policeman H. H. Shope heard Wurfel's story and called police headquarters. No. 7 precinct was notified and a scout car was dispatched to Chain Bridge. ‘The police car was still there half an hour later when No. 5 precinct re- ceived a call that & man had just jumped from the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge in the Southeast section. Police arrived there to ind Schultze climbing up the side of the bank at the nérth end of the bridge, his clothing drip- ping. Pérsons who saw him leap, ac- cording to police, saild he was fully clothed and pulled off some of his things after threshing around in the water. Up to & late hour police had not ADULTS REMOVED FROM GLENN DALE CHILDREN'S AREAS Dr. Ruhland Revokes Deci- sion and Separates Sana- toria Again. of the peace in Coffeyville, Kans., and | located Mrs. Schultse. PERMIT OFFICE STAFF IS FACING EJECTION City Heads Aid in Search for New Quarters When Rest Is Demanded. BACKGROUND— In an effort to make the fullest possible use of both the adult and the children’s tuberculosis sanatoria at Glenn Dale, Health Officer George C. Ruhland some weeks ago announced a policy of housing adult patients in the chil- dren’s sanatorium if need for extra space for adults arose. Advisers had told him there was no addi- tional danger of complications of the disease among child patients. A controversy arose immediately. By DON S. WARREN. Seeking to halt the controversy over his announced policy of operating the District Tuberculosis Sanatoria at Glenn Dale, Md, as one institution, Health Officer George C. Ruhland has | temporarily revoked his decision to | house adult patients in the Children's Building, The Star learned yesterday. The policy of considering the chil« dren’s and the adults’ buildings as one institution, it was revealed, will be submitted this week by Dr. Ruhland to the Tuberculosis Advisory Board of the Health Department for review. The last of the adult patients yesterday were being moved from the children’s building back to the adults’, where | 77 beds are available | The Health Department, meanwhile, faced the ejection of its permit office from the building at 901 Eighth street N.W., under a ruling by the Controlier | General that Congress had made no specific appropriation to cover rent for the quarters, it was disclosed. An immediate search was started under the direction of the Commission= ers to find a new home for the bureau, | which handles all appropriations for | hospitalization of charity cases—at the Glenn Dale Sanatoria, at Gallinger Mu- i nicipal Hospital and at other hospitals with which the District has contrac- tual relations. The Controller General, it was said, may be asked to reconsider his legal ruling. Move to End Controversy. At the same time the Commissione ers moved to end still another con- troversy which is holding up a major element of the Health Department program—the construction of the first of the new health centers or poly- clinics. Health, school and engineer officials are to be called into confer- ence this week to determine finally if the starting of construction of this building, at First and L streets N.W., will mean the ejection of 300 colored school children, who are pupils of the old Jones Elementary School, which stands on the polyclinic site. Con- struction of the polyclinic was held up October 15, when school officials insisted there was no other place available for the 300 pupils. Protests devcloped over the policy of Dr. Ruhland for ending the seg- regation of child and adult patients at Glenn Dale shortly after his plan was announced. His decision, he explained, was based on an endeavor to make the fullest possible use of the two buildings. He explained yesterday also that his advisers had agreed there was no danger to the children from housing some adult patients in the same building. However, Dr. J. A. Myers, president of the National Tuberculosis Associa- tion, said his organization always advised that children afflicted with non-infectious or childhood tuber- culosis be hospitalized in buildings entirely separate from quarters for adult patients. The point was made by objectors that adult patients for the most part suffered from the pul- monary type of the disease, as distin- guished from childhood cases. AlleR Orders Study. Commissioner George E. Allen, who has supervision over health and wel- fare activities, then directed that a study of the legality of the operation of the two buildings as one institu- tion be made by Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal. This has not been completed. Dr. Ruhland explained that one of his reasons for the merged type of operation was the necessary provision of additional nurses for the sanatoria. Congress last session provided for employment of 11 additional nurses. During the last week the Civil Service Commission certified 60 nurses eligible for such appointment. The 11 will be appointed as fast as the legal requiree ments can be met, Dr. Ruhland said. Meanwhile, the supervising phye sicians at the sanatoria acted promptly to restore the institutions to their former mode of operation. Last week there were 17 adults quartered in the children’s buildings. A check yes- terday showed all but four of these (See HEALTH, Page A-5.) | | In Today’s Star You will find in Section “C’* —Editorial Section: John Clagett Proctor’s article. Cross-word puzzle. Maonsfield cartoon. Among the Stamp Collectors. Automotive. In Section "F""— Amusements — Radio — Art Notes and Criticism—Book Reviews—News and com- ment on music—Children’s page. For Full Details See Index, Page §