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SANDING CREATES
■ REPUBLIC TO DEFY
FOES IN NICARAGUA
Rebel Chief Coins Own Money
and Forbids Liquors
to Followers.
MARINES AWAIT ATTACK
AT CAPTURED VILLAGE
f Pack Trains Leave Daily From
Managua to Supply Embattled :
United States Forces.
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j
»'■ o Aviated.Press.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua. January 5.
A republic has been founded in the
Ntuva Segovia district by Gen. Alt
gustino Sandino, rebel leader, with
United States Marines are en-j
gaC«l.
Money has been coined in the name
;nc Republican government ami
• bibition of intoxicants established
with severe penalties. Death is the
penalty for a man convicted of selling
..quor;* a convicted woman’s property j
is burned.
The rebel leader changed the name
San Fernando to Sar.dino when he
t. tablished the republic.
Attack Is Awaited.
sandino today was believed hy Mu
, rates and national guardsmen occupy
jvsj tjuilali. to be awaiting a favorable
opportunity to attack his funnel
stronghold.
The qua-t which prevailed had put
the Marines on guard. There have
iH_*v„ iau indications of a liiujot ii.»*ci
movement since Sunday, when one
Marine was killed and five wounded.
Particular care is being taken to .
prevent a surprise attack ujmjm Ma
i site patrols, pack trains and reinforce- i
- ~i-nts which are being sent daily from |
j re to Octal. Ocotal is the distri
bution center front which Quilah and
the embattled areas are supplied.
Engineers and othes familiar wath
the Nueva Segovia region say that
Sandino'* supi*ort is not Dolsheyisni,
but a rising of the people against ie
.successful and mtluential. stirred up
by political and racial prejudices.
These prejudices are partly due. ibtv
declare, to political opi*osition to the
t onservative government of Nicara
gua and i tartly to the feeling ot
anti-Americanism, which is stated to
have burst into fresh flame when the
Marines came into the r- gion to
establish order.
leader of Liberals.
Sandino was a leader in the Liberal
snuy, commanded by Gen. Jose Maria
Moncada. leader of the opposition to
th« Cwnaervative Diaz got eminent,
in compliance with an agr cement
negotiated by Henry I- Sumsoii,
President Coolidge s personal envoy,
the Eibetal forces laid down their
arms last July with the ass,nance
that next August, a fair national elec
lion would lie held
Sandino gathered a number ot
„ those dissatisfied with the settlement
about him. He seized and operated
American mines and levied taxes in
the district. , ... .
Maj- G. D. Hatfield. United States
Marine Corps, sent Sandino an ulti
matum demanding that he iay down
ina arms Sandino refused to comply
or to even discuss the matter. Gen.
Moncada as the leader of the official
. opposition repudiated Sandino.
Band!no h<t* fnaintainco that trie
peace settlement was forced upon the
Liberate by the United States. He
to lx a radical enthusiast
Cmh persuasive powers and at one
rsioe styled himiwlf "the wild
■f the mountain*." His depredations
nave won for Kim the name of bandit
and assassin even from member* of
In* own party.
hEE6 I’AKhKI * OI.I.AI'M;
Taper hays Mearagua Issue I* Blow
lo Pan-American Flan*.
MhXlfh CJTV, January .!> '#> j
t urnmeiiting editorially on the Nica- 1
jaguar* siuiatajn, El Universal today ,
doubt# whether the Ran A met bain Con- j
f"fence will i>© ft fcoeces* and see*. the J
jsjsalbility that President Cooiidge J
i,.ay cancel in* trip to Havana unless ,
lighting 5* stopped iit Nicaragua, be*!
*..use Latin Aiiierkan opinion Is *1- j
»< ady unified on tli<‘ subject,
After reviewing Aim-rioan edltoilalj
opinion in regard to 'he happenings j
• < us rJfjg on liie eve ot the Ran-Amer-1
. n t 'ongrese, the paper finds that;
tin campaign against the rebel gen- J
• d Haitdiipi, is unpopular In the:
' I tilled tftiitw It »egrets ihat con-j
s'- rnation If) the United States is only ,
f.ue t<> ihe fact that several Marine* j
v- !-re. ki.’ted in the last com ha's.
El Universal way* the be*' solution j
it- tor M.e United States to place tb<-
• riflicf before the Tan-American Core j
*. f «-»),*. a/;d li t. all )4tin American i
• gn'rie* spare In the lesffonulbllltV |
nod solve )|)i- ques'lori, In accordance ;
, th 'h< ©lea? of fominental under-,
standing.
W ,\|AltlNE* TO hAII..
t 'tiilmgevt to Lvni- Quant b-o Trida>
Night.
ITepaiatlons ate being made Rslay
.! the United State* Minin' Corps
J.ast f,Ap«di<ion«ry Race, Cpcroibo
a , uJt fjtspatch of ■**) men to Hump- i
m. Road*, \ awli' /c they will board I
»»n. loin* layei tjgialu « pa*t ot 'to. :
'«*";* lion being sent from *he East |
• ■„,*) to reinfpi'e the Marine contin-1
.fit going to Nicaragua
, li- Marines from Quunlloo ore If
g eg from among the » aauat* «* j
f (.• I 1 h/u it iiifi will not (>e grouped]
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i e We '.orfoik fei'emt.oat A'range,
-o' ft'» have been ma/li tiy Marine
< 'll p* olfil ais to liilVf: the Vf-fW-l Hop
. : tin <yii,iO(ni> wiiart long enough to
load M»e detachment
• **-
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W FATHER.
it'. S Weather Brreau Kotweact t
Fair tonight nttd tomorrow; slowly
rising; teniperaturo; lowest, tonight
about 20 degrees.
Temperature—Highest. 33, at neon
today; lowest. 13, at 6:50 a.m. today.
Full report on page 9.
losing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15
! •'Palace” for French
| Tourists Planned in
! Gotham hy Bankers
i Hy tin- Associated Pres*,
j NEW VOItK. January s.—Kroe*
j lion *>f a “palace of France” on
i Fifth .ivenue at a cost of $20,-
j eoit.tHtO is planned by a group of
! French and American capitalists,
j Nicholas Nutolowitch, French
t tinatteier, said upon bis arrival
j here on the liner France.
The building is to be 35 stories
| high, lie said, and the greater part
will be used as a hotel, mainly for
French travelers. The first floor
! will be given over to moving pie
i tares and showrooms to advertise
! French products. He said an in
' vitation has been extended tlie
, l’restdent of France to attend for
i mal opening of the building next
I year.
J Xntolovviteh would not give the
j proposed location of the. structure.
NICARAGUA DEBATE
ROUSES CONGRESS
Democratic Leaders Demand
Marines Be With
drawn.
•
i B;> the Associated Press.
With the situation in Nicaragua
described at the Navy Department
today as being unchanged from re
cent days of apparent quietness, the
battle of words in Congress over
American policies in Central America
has displaced the actual fighting be
tween Marines and the forces of Gen.
Sandino.
Determined to carry through its
program of eliminating Sandino from
the picture, the Navy went about its
work of preparing 1,000 additional
men to send southward to curb the
peppery Nicaraguan in a campaign,
j the extent of which Marine officials,
j including Maj. Gen lxejeune, com
i mander of the corps, would not pre
! diet.
Oratorical Forays.
Meanwhile the campaign of phrase
making on Capitol Hill, in defense
and denunciation of the presence of
American forces in l»atin America,
promises to furnish the stimulus ior
many oratorical forays during the
present session of Congress, and per
haps other sessions.
The announced policy of the Cool
iflgt- administration to reinforce Ma
rine detachments in Nicaragua ami
co-operate fully in the establishment
of order there was challenged on the
floor of the House and Senate yester
dsv by Democratic and insurgent Ro
jiubiie-f». demands that the Marines be
i withdraw n
The challenges came less than 24
hours after the State Department hud
explained emergency order* dispatch
ing 1,000 additional Marine* to Nica
ragua by the flat declaration that the
Washington Government "fully In
tend*" to carry out the term* of the
Stimson agreement for American »n
--pervislcn of th« Nicaraguan presi
dential election this year.
Assail* Policy.
Referring to recent hostilities in
Nicaragua which hav# cost the live*
of six American Marines, Representa
tive Huddleston, Democrat. Alabama,
declared it the "administration's and
not the American people's war.”
"You cannot have free ballot boxes
at home and Marin*-* dictating at the
ballot boxes in foreign countries,” he
a* Id.
In the Senate the challenge went
unanswered by regular Republicans,
but in the House *wo of the majority
party. Representatives Hogg of Ohio
and Wainwright of New York, former
Assistant Secretary of War, resented
any implication that the administra
tion was engaged in war.
• This isn't a war.” declared Hegg.
“This is preserving the peace and pro
tecting the lives of national* of other
countries because there is no stable
government there. The United States
is protecting the peace of the world,”
In ibis view Wainwright concurred,
t but at the other end of the Capitol
j Senator Nye of North Dakota, a Re*
■ publican iml< pendent, presented a res
j •iluticn which would prohibit us*- of
! the Army, Navy or Marine* to settle
'disputes between Americans and for
| eign countries, Henator Heflin, Demo
i crat. Alabama, promptly supplement
ed ibis pro|Kf*al with s resolution de
i rounding withdrawal of the Marines
I from Nicaragua. Roth resolutions
: were referred to the foreign relations
j committee.
I nited Mates Maud Affirmed.
| In Hie House during the hour or so
of discussion yesterday Representative
(Garrett, Democratic leader, affirmed
! the policy of protection of American
| fives and property in foreign •■•>un
1 tiles but asked jus' when th« life and
| property of any American citizen in
| Nicaragua had been endangered. He
> added that it was not the Aintniean
j policy to o»e force to protect Amerh
jean investment* abroad and to collect
! American debts.
Mr Huddle*top argued that tiie Ma
! rfnes were in Nicaragua to Mbfeguard
' American » Investment* and declared
iibat Henry L. Mtlmwon, who during
! tiie Hummer served as a special Atnerb
j can umbaNsadot to Nicaragua, in
bringing peace between two waning
faction*, had promised Moncada the
presidency of Nicaragua after lie bad
inuicaled a friendly disposition toward
.New York bankers.,
« on'cndlng that the in Nlnt
(ugua ),ad developed "afti-i 12 months
of Hie Uoolldg** plan of padlicalion,”
! Huddleston tsuid that it also came at
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WASHINGTON, l>. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1928-FORTY-FOUR PAGES. **
! SWEEPING ORANGES
■ IN CONDEMNATION
PROCEDURE LOOM
Problem Studied as Congress
Nears Enactment of Tri
angle Bill.
OFFICIALS IN ATTACK
ON PRESENT SYSTEM
Purchase of Real Estate Becoming
Vital Issue for Federal and
D. C. Governments.
i IJY HAROLD lb ROGERS
. Sweeping changes in real estate
condemnation procedure here loomed
as a vital problem of the near iuture,
j as Congress today neared enactment
of thi) $25,000,000 Mall triangle Dili.
Passing the Senate late yesterday
with one amendment, the bill now
goes back to the House, which is ex
l>ec,te<l to concur.
With millions of dollars of the tax
payers’ money about to be expended
not only in the purchase of the great
1 triangle between Pennsylvania avenue
1 and the Mali, but also for parks and
• playgrounds, and for school alter
e throughout the'District, several Gov
r eminent agencies now are giving in
j tensive study to a bill pending in tin
. District committees of both House and
Senate, which would revolutionize the
method of acquiring public property
through condemnation.
i Criticism Started.
j open criticism of the present sys
e tern of condemnation broke forth at
the last session of Congress in hear
■' ings oti the same bill, sponsored by
i the Park and Planning Commission,
j. But now that the real estate purchase
problem ot the Federal and District
governments is expanding to huge
proportions, the most critical study is
. being given in many quarters,
u The bill is under sharp scrutiny by
f the Treasury Department, tiie De
partment of justice, the District Com
r missiotiers and In other circles.
e While hesitating to present at this
time their detailed objections, s*.<v
ctal officials today indicated they
1 meant to register their criticism of
the present system in no uncertain
ii terms when the opportunity presents,
t probably in hearings on the bill. The
a legislation was introduced in the new
Congress by Chairman Capper and
. Zihlmun of the Hetiate and House Dis
-2 trict committees.
Briefly, th# new- bill would sweep
l away the present system, place a new
i Justice on the bench of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia to
. give attention to condemnation mat
, ters and (unit horiwi hltu to hoar all
condemnation eases directly, unless a
. Jury were demanded. In case h Jury
were chosen to sit with the judge in
court, under the practice of all ac
tions at law. no real estate man would
b# allowed to sit on that Jury.
Allowed to Testify.
1 Th*- District assessor, who cannot
s appear us a witness before a con
demnation Jury, would bo allowed
.* under the bill to testify. The bill
' would also allow th© Government to
take quick title by paying over a per-
rentage of the estimated value of the
r ‘ property, the remainder to Im* trims
e ferred at the conclusion of proced
ings, when the total value was fixed,
t The hill as drawn would not change
• the procedure for purchase hy the
i’ District government.
' Critic* of the present system feel
r tin-re are m.tny flaws in the system
I which should be corrected, but. it is
* known that the bill in it* present
form does not met the views of all
• offi'• iul* who are directly concerned,
Judging from a survey of opinion in
r many quarters which have been in
* close touch with the situation, the
* demand will be general at the hear
ings for some change* in the pro
, eedurc, but. difference* of opinion
l probably wll develop over important
- point*.
Much interest I* attached to the po
f sltlon expected to he determined lie
t for© long hy the District Commission
• ers, who are carrying forward the
'- school building program. At present
- both the District and the Federal Gov*
’• eminent* op*-rule under th© wain*' gen
s era I procedure, hut the Capper Zihlmim
* bill would rhiing© only th© Federal
s procedure, according to those imw in
teipretlng it* provision*.
liong Delay hern
" The triangle Is tmiied hy a great
K nufuhei- of persons, and. officials point
-1 ed out today, Hit! iieqnlsltion of this
' great area not only will involve many
additional step* for - appropriation* and
1 eoftjJiinnatlon pro«-e«-dlngs, hut also
i pioiiiitily will take eoustdemtile time.
" Having of money by early putchus© Is
i one of Hi*! advantages hoped to ho el
feete<l, tuft, Jt was pointed out today,
t that (f tiie old condemnation procedure
proved faulty, and if through its
- faulty functioning th# Government
1 Were for*.ed to pay too high prices,
1 some of the alms of the triangle pur
i chase Dill might be defeated. Long do*
I- lay in th# procedure t* cited as one
a of Hie otijeelions to the pr#*«dlt sysiem,
g Furthermore, th« old JSS per cant
e restriction on imreiu**©, which i* tack
I id on several appropriation*, allowing
1 payment of no more than 26 per cent
ovei the nsssesed Vain© of III© land,
lias i|e*l up hundred* "f thupsuiid* *d
s dollars already ap|#ropilat«d lor pub
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! LINDBERGH STARTS
: NICARAGUA FLIGHT
Hops Off From Honduras on
150-Mile Trip to
i
b Managua.
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s By the As*nGate<l t’re**.
TEGUCIGALPA, January 5
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped
off from Tegudagalpa t<> Mana
gua, Nicaragua, at 11 :M) a.m.,
* Central standard time.
’ By the AssuelateU I'ivt-x.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Janu
ary 5.—-Hondurans regretted today
that “the marvel child. '* the Lone
, Lagle, had to leave them.
1 To the people. Col. Char to* A. Lind
' he>gh has become “LI Nimo Prodlgio"
ohe marvel child) and bin friendly
smile has conquered them. A cuni
, mission representing each of the 17
> departments of Honduras j>uid him
final tribute and Gregorio Heyes,
representing the department of Ulan
i:ho, us (spokesman, ended his speech
with a note of regret at Lindbergh's
short stay.
"1 wish instead of days, I could
stay weeks in Honduras," Lindbetgh
replied.
The flyer's route today—lso miles—
led from Tegucigalpa to Managua,
Nicaragua, via Leon. His course was
from i!5 to 3u miles t 6 the West of
where United States Murines are
arrayed against tho rebel Gen. Augtls
tino Handtno, No stop was planned
1 fur Leon.
To Avoid Hostile /one.
A direct airline from the Honduran
capital to the NicaraguTin capital
would pass over the district where
Americans have given their lives in
battle against Ha rub no. Lindbergh
was warned to avoid this territory lest
Sandino, whose equipment Includes
both antiaircraft and machine guns,
should lire upon ids plane.
The flight of Lindbergh lias created
a new and stronger bond of friendship
lief ween Honduras and the United
! .States, President Miguel Pas Rarahona
said at reception in the presidential
palace.
i “In few countries has your recap
: tlon been as modest as ours, but In
few countries could it have been more
sincere and cordial. The spirit with
which we received you is u spirit of
the deepest sympathy which the lion
' duran people, ever affected by all
i legitimate greatness and devoted ad
- min es of all glorious feats which do
honor to mankind, has shown you.
i Voiir feats exceeded the limits of that
1 great country of which you are an
eminent citizen and have already
thrilled the entire world.
“Hv receiving you as the glorious
utlibiiKHiiiior of tiie ail, 1 believe I ill
h "intmied on page Column f».)
MAJ. BOURNE PLANS
FLIGHT TO NICARAGUA
s Marine Pilot Will Follow Brainard
Trail With Plane for "War”
Forces.
i hollowing tho trail blazed by his
•hies, MaJ. Ldwin It Mralnaid, officer
i hi charge of Murine Corps aviation,
MaJ. Louis Horn lie, Marina pilot of
1 Hi own Field, Qumiil ico, Vo., will lake
"It from Hulling Field within Ilia next
, live or six days for a non slop (light
to Miami and auothei non slop Jump
to Managua, Nicaragua.
MaJ. Mourns will i»e accompanied by
I.b ut .bo ill) PltieMa and M.islet Tcill
lileal Hergt llutijalillli l<‘, Holclmr, also
I of cjuuiilico. Lieut Pluchtii and
[ t-iergl Ihdelmr ara pilots, but ilia for
lino will concern himself rut holy with*
the operation of a radio set whirl) I lie
piatm will rairy. Margi Ihdelmr will
t a* i us relbf pilot and mechanic.
Tin* occasion of lint night Is iu dellv
oi another Fokker I lime engined
f monoplane for the Muilim nvlutton
foM eh lo Ihu “War imna,“ The ship
i will he used as a transport, 'oil |a so
ennui ior led that it can bu .nuivuted
igio a bomber or an ambulance plane
o without much effort. The transport
work w ill Include the cat t ying of
Hoops food, ammunition, rifles and
machine guns and airplane engine*
and aircraft pails.
Ufa Httvcm Haiti to Bhi|i,
PORTLAND, tinx , January ti
The Federal Telegtaidi Ou today re
» eel veil word that the life saving mews
I oi Hohii Adams and t'apo Disappoint
m«nt had left for pepeimk M|m, near
Hie mouth of the • oiumbln River
» where tlie steamer tv. V, litu»e was
(•polled aground,^
Girl Finds Forgery
Suspect for Second
Time at Same Spot
Nemesis in the form of the daugh
ter of the man he had defrauded led
I George Dewey Cam burn of McLean.
Va., into the clutches of the law not
one, but twice.
Sought for passing a worthless
check on H. A. Ktorni, grocery-man.
of McLean, Camburn came to
Washington, At the corner of
Ninth and K streets one day fie
ran into Miss Marlon Storm. Miss
Storm hailed a passing policeman
and before long Camburn was in
the Fairfax County Jail.
Two weeks ago he escaped and
returned to Washington. Foolishly
passing the corner of Ninth and K
streets again he again ran into Miss
Storm. Miss Storm again hailed a
passing policeman and last night
Camburn was again m the Fairfax
County Jail.
SUN STROKE BASIS
OF SNYDER APPEAL
Widow’s Childhood Mishap
Cited in Plea for Stay
to Test Sanity.
By ti»e Associat'd Press,
STATE CAPITOL. Albany. N. Y..
January 5.—A sun stroke suffered ns
a little girl so affected Mrs. Ruth Sny
der's mind when she grew- up. her luw
yer told Gov. Smith today, that she
lost her sense of responsibility and so
could not help killing her husband.
For two hours lawyers nrfado a last
fight before the governor. ‘When the
lawyers were through the -governor
merely wild: "Wdl, the hearing is
ov.-r," and walked out of the room.
It was understood that he will render
u decision on Monday.
Although the governor rendered no
decision ids remarks jusi before the
hearing ended caused many to bclUivq
that he would extend no clemency.
H« spoke with a dry smile of "this
psychosis" and “twilight non* Just
ness. ' and told defense lawyers that
1 much of what they hnd told Inin
might better have been presented to
l the Jury at the trtftl.
With State troops In civilian clothes
• scattered through the crowd, the last
light for the lives of Mrs. Snyder and
llengy Judd Gray opened before Gov.
i Smith shortly after noon. The spa
cious executive chamber was tilled
with spectator* and among them
i were many to whom the outcome of
the hearing was a matter Os Keen per
sonal interest,
Mr*. Josephine Drown. aged mother
of Mrs. Kinder, was In the front row.
directly facing the governor. With
downcast eyes and folded hands she
sat as Impassive ns though iu the
quiet of her own home,
i Ldgar lhm itoii, chief counsel for
Mrs, Hinder, sat close to Llelvud
Newcomhe, the Queens Countv district
I attorney, who prosecuted the case,
Hamttel Miller, counsel for Gray, sat
behind them.
Kniator Untunes and several mem
bers of the Crime Commission wore In
the room. The governor was preceded
into the chamber by Mr*. Hmtth and
their daughter Catherine.
1 Gov. Smith asked how mu-h time
each lawyer would want lluselton
said half an hour would sntltce him,
, amt Immediately he began Ills plea
Iluttcltoii said that In early child
hood Mrs Snyder suffered from a sort
otia sunstroke and a serious tall
Mother of Woman Weeps.
“This waa concealed from me," he
said, ‘‘until recently, hut now I lune
found out that these events over
shadow tier whole life Nhe was after
that subject to moments of great Joy
and great depression. She was sub
let t to attacks of epitaphv or perhaps
- soma stiaagu hoiderlaud malady of the
, mind
"I am advised by a psychiatrist that
she la In a twilight *ona of limited re
spoiintldtlty."
At t Ilia point Mrs, Hi own began to
Weep quietly
, llaseltou announced Hits morning
that lie would asks neither for pardon
nor commutation of sentence for Mr*
, Hut tv Snyder at today's clemency
hem tug
All he wanted for Ills eltent. he said,
l wga a SO day stay ttf execution so
that practitioners of "Ilia new pay
cldatry" might examine her to suh
slantlata Ida assertion that she Is so
diseased emotionally, though not In
sgn* In tha legal sense, that she vatu
not help doing wrong, even to the
exttmt of murder
• Miller, counsel for Urey, said that
lie would also ask for a So day stay
as hi* thgt move. U that should he
refused however, he asld he would
iCunilmiud ou Cage S, L’olUinh LJ
i
, POTOMAC POWER
PERMITS OPPOSED
Senator Capper Protests
Against Commercial Plans
in Letter to Cabinet.
Asserting that the public's interest
in the Potomac River is greater than
any private ihterest..Senator Capper
of Kansas, chairman of the Senate
District,committee, today wrote sepa- j
rate letters to the three cabinet mem- ‘
hers who make up the Federal Power <
Commission, urging them not to grant
even preliminary permits for private
waterpower projects on the river.
After calling attention to plans for
preserving the natural beauty of the i
region along the river from Washing- j
ton to Great Falls, Senator Capper
said he does not believe there Is public
necessity for waterpower development
at this time, and when such develop
meiit Is deemed advisable he favors
( a Government development.
The letters were sent to Secretary
of War Davis. Secretary of Agri
culture Jsrdlne snd Secretaty of In-
I terlor Work.
Copies of Hills Inclosed.
Lach latter was accompanied by
copies of two bills now pending be
fore the District committee, one by
Senator Norris, to authorize develop
ment of the waterpower by the Gov
ernment. and the other to acquire the
i scenic shore* of the river as far as
Great Falls for the park system, as
advocated by tho National Capital
, Park and Planning Commission.
"While such legislation is pending."
wrote Senator CapjH-r. "I believe the
public Interests might bo Jeopardised
by tho granting of even prellmltiajry
permits to private Interests. I know
of no urgent need for electric power In
i this vicinity that cannot he fully sup
plied by existing facilities.
"The act creating your commission
empowers l.t tb Investigate the possi- j
i hlhtle* j»f advantageous use by the
> United Ktutes for public purposes of
i tgaferpower resources. The law fur
ther directs that preference be given
i to States and municipalities where
private Interests also seek development
' permits. In addition, the law provides
i that whenever, in the judgment of »..•
< Federal Power Commission, the de
vtlioment of any project should l*e
i undertaken by tho United States Itself,
t tho commission shall not approve any
I application for such project by any
private interest. State or municipal
• tty, hut shall make Us own tnveatiga-
I tion anti submit to Congressrtta find
i ings relative to Government develop
s mont.
• "Under all these circumstances, I
firmly believe that the Federal Power
- Com mission lias not only ample au
, thorlty, but every reasonable Justi
i flea tlon for declining to issue even a
« preliminary permit involving the jk*h
,* sibillty of acquirement by private In
terests of property rights on the Roto
r mac River above Washington that
I would conflict with and endanger pub
t Hu In wrests, t take the liberty, there
, tore, of soliciting your personal inter
t est tn and consideration of ttiis matter,
for the protection of the National Cap
. ttul and the Interests of the people of
i Maryland and Virginia."
I
I Nays Nation Is Interested.
, Senator t'upper said at tho outset
, that Ids letter was not to !*> con
stilled as an expression of the views
• of other inenitiers of the District com
mittee. Ho added that ho had no
doubt several other members took a
similar view of the question.
“The entire Nation Is interested tn
the development amt tieautlttcatlon of
the National Capital and Its environs,"
’ said Senator Capper tn another t>ait
• of tho letter. "For many years all
those who hate had any twirl in plan
iiing the ultimate development of tho
Capital have recognised the deslraldt
- Itv of acquiring the lands lying along
1 the Potomac Itlver between the hound
' ary of the District of Cotpmhi.i and
Great Fulls, so that the unique hemitv
l of this region might t>e preserved for
■ public heuetU."
SUFFRAGE HEARINGS SET.
I ~
' House Body to Hear District Vote
rieaa January D 4,
, Hearings are to start ou January Si
' hefoto the House judiciary committee
ou the resolution providing for ua
i Holial irpreewntaliun for the residents
of the District of Columbia through a
opnstit ut tonal amendment.
This doc talon was iwaotunt today at
a meeting of the Judiciary committee
in answer to a formal request from
i Fdwatd F OuUuday, chairman of the
I miuons' Joint committee reproaentittg
more than « scot* ut the loading civic
4|mo *•*»'*«■«
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion 13 delivered to Washington homes
a* fast as the papers are printed
Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,809
i/P) Means Associated Prete.
Son Asks Name
Change Because of
Father’s Attitude
By the Associated Press
LANSING, Ohio, January 5.
Declaring his father refuser] to j
speak to him or aid in his educa- |
tion. Charles Smith today filed an |
application with Judge "•
Cowan to change his name to j
Charles Burdette, his mother's j
maiden name.
The procedure is unique iri court j
records here.
BODIES OF THREE !
S 4 MEN IDENTIFIED
Lieut. Comdr. Jones, Lieut.
McGinley and Mate Hodges
Recognized.
By the Associated Press.
The three men taken out of the is-4 ;
| have been identified hy fingerprint ex
perts of the Bureau of Navigation as
Lieut. Comdr. R. K. Jones. Lieut. Jo
seph McGinley and Chief Machinists’
Mate Aron Albert Hodges.
Jones, the commander of the vessel,
lived at Halethorpe, Md., but his par- j
ents reside at Hennessey, Ok la.
McGinley’s home was in Norristown,
I‘a., and Hodges lived at Riverside,
Calif.
SISTER SHIP’S C HIEF TESTIFIES.
Says Submarine Would Be Seen Only
With Difficulty By Destroyer.
By tire Associated Press.
BOSTON, January s—The Navy s
investigation of the S-4 disaster,
which opened yesterday at Boston
Navy Yard, was resumed this morn
ing. Lieut. Frank L. Worden, com
mander of the submarine S-8, sister
ship of the S-4, who was examined
at length yesterday as to con
struction and operation of the S-type
vessels, continued his testimony.
Studying the probable positions of
the submarine and the Coast Guard
destroyer Paulding, which rammed
and sank the S-4 off Provincetown.
December IT, Lieut. Worden said it
was indicated that the Paulding might
possibly have been sighted by the SJ
through its periscope at a distance of
approximately 4.490 yards. The time
between the sighting and the collision
would be about i» l is minutes.
Paulding's View Shorter.
The Paulding, on the other hand. }
would not have been able to see the j
periscope of the submarine more than
1,900 to l.aoo yards, and then "only j
if the lookout knew what he was look-1
ing for.” The time elapsing before j
a collision, with the destroyer making j
18 knots, would be about 2 minutes j
Under conditions prevailing on De
cember 17. it was possible that the
•‘feathering" of the periscope was not
visible to the surface craft.
To Lieut. Comdr. Thomas J Doye,
representing the relatives of the S-4
officer* and men, the witness said that
even with the periscope and listening
devices in use. it was quite possible
for a surface craft making IS to -v
knots to get dangerously close to a
submerged submarine.
"At what range could the propeller
of a destroyer making 18 knots be
heard on the M V listening gear.”
"It is possible to hear up to t> myes
under the most favorable conditions,
that is. in water of favorable depth j
and with no Intervenin^jwojections of
land. In rough weather this would be ,
reduced." ...
"What was th£ range under the con
ditions prevailing when the S-S made
its standardization trials?"
listening Held Unfavorable.
"From our experience during the en
tire time the listening was most un ?
favorable. Even when wo were within
400 feet of the 8 4 at times we were
barely able to distinguish tapping s:g
i nais. owing to underwater noises and;
our own vibration."
The witness said that the S i was
without soda lime for purifying the,
"Pkl the commanding officer of the
S-4 try to obtain a supply?"
"1 believe he did.”
Lieut. Worden explained that in
Julv last the entire 12th Submarine
Division requested the installation of
nir purification systems and also the
storage of new type soda lime eon*
tainer*.
"The Bureau of Construction and
Ro|*atr advlaed the 8 S and, l believe
all the other vessels that this work ;
was contemplated for. the fiscal year
1828." the witness said' "1 understand
that tile S-4 received such a com- i
inuncation.”
The witness. In reply to quest ions
by Comdr Mbyte. said he had never
seen llie commanding officer of the
8 4 handle his vessel
"IV you consider him cautious or
careless *”
Believed Overly t'authms.
"From my knowledge of turn, 1 !
would consider hitu very cautions and
careful. In fact, in some things. I
have had occasion at times to think
that he might l*e oveitv cautious."
The witness told Comdr. Bratton.
iCouunued on Page 4. Column id
POWELL ARRAIGNED
ON FRAUD CHARGES
Former Deputy Collector Waive*
Hearing and Enters Not-
Guilty Plea.
It. clay Powell, former deputy col
lector of Internal revenue, in charge
of collections in the District, was ar
raigned today tadore Needham C. Tur
nage. United States commissioner, on
a charge of entbexeletneni, He waived
a hearing, pleaded not guilty, and
gave bail of |3.000 fur the action of
Hie grand jury.
Powell was taken ill lasi {itmuuer
aud white in the hospital hi* ao
couuts were audited and ihe charge
that pay manta iwetved from ,Wi«
queltt tavpayera itad not been ciedited
was preferred against him When a
warrant for his wriest was issued he
was ai'li Hi and CoHuntsatoue* I'm gas* l
went to the hospital and arranged for
hts l*atl bond pending Hie hearing lw?
fore Hie vAMumisstonei on Hie charge
IVwell tied recovered sufficiently h*
attend the hearing toviav. The (nil
amount r»f the atUged defakvadon t»
not dlaeloaed in Hie warrant
• -
Radio Programs vVI
fßhr „ ,
TWO CENTS.
LUMP PAYMENT IS
BAD SUBSTITUTE
FOR BUI SYSTEM
Abandon Vicious Lump-Sum
j Appropriation Practice and
Obey Substantive Law.
LUMP-SUM PLAN UNFAIR,
HURTFUL, DESTRUCTIVE
;It Destroys Helpless Capitals Safe
guard Against Excessive and
Cnjust Exactions.
i nr, Vr.c- h r . tV? tkr * io
I F»;.- ,i ;; :, A »nd th»
' t\rr.ZrUTst£’” S
j Editorial Correspondence of The h’‘a.
THEODORE W. NOYES
J.
Fiml Judgment may possibly soon
U rwn<l ‘ jred *n the ens'- of definite pro
portkin payment law vs. lamp-sum
payment practice.
The plaintiff L* the definite propor
•.ion contribution plan of payment by
the District taxpayers and the Na
tional Government, respectively, for
the maintenance and upbuilding o'
the National Capital, once familiarlv
knov n as old Half and Half, now aS
Sixty-Forty. The defendant is tbe
j lump-sum payment practice, begotten
by the Holman rule as an annual rider
upon District appropriation bills,
which leaves indefinite and fluctuating
and subject to caprice the amount of
payment to be made by theloca! com
munity.
Genesis of Controversy.
How did this celebrated case come
to be?
The partnership in the maintenance
and development of the National Cap
ital between the Nation represented
by Congress and the local tax paying
community took definite shape in 1575.
The national or active partner a?
that time took to himself every par
! tide of power in collecting municipal
! revenues, whether from local or na
| tional taxes. 3nd in spending these
j revenues upon such Municipal objects
! as he pleased to select without limit
j upon his discretion. The sole func-
I tior, of the silent partner, the local
tax paving community, was to pay for
tho Capital’s upbuilding in taxes,
licenses, etc., whatever amount the
national partner chose.to exact. As a
safeguard against unjust and ex
cessive exactions from the cfTent, im
potent partner, the dominant partner
imposed upon himself the limitation
that he wouM exact from the former
only 50 per cent of the total National
Cap.tal appropriations; and to assure
jartion.i! liberah*y In the .upholding
of the Nation’s City, which was a
| basic intent of the law of 1878. the
j national partner ags-eed that he would
’ pay for Capital maintenance and de
; voloptnent the remaining 50 per cent
j of the total of D. C. appropriations
Progress l inier Half and H.ilf law.
This wi>e and just arrangement
was maintained frvHii 18?!* to If??,
and in this Interval converted • Cap
ital of which every American was
ashamed into a Capital of which every
Vnicrican is prvmd. The congressional
j joint commluee of 1015 declared after
i protracted and exhaustive invwstig*
; tion that the local partner, the
\ mot, had under the 50 per cent to -
station ccntrlbutwl adequately toward
i Capital upbuilding, ami that if either
i partner had not contributed enough
tho delinquent was the national
partner.
In 1022 the definite pr\'portion plan
of contribution for Capital upbuilding
was vindicated and retained, but the
ratio of contribution was changed
from 50 50 to t>o 40 80 from the local,
and 40 from the national vartner.
Uinter the law of 1022 an up-to-date
accounting of I’lUcbtevliK'SS. legal ami
equitable, between the svatsoiial and
local partners was had. a new balance
was struck, and the national pa: liter
was found to be indebted to the local
i (vvrtner 10 the extent of mere than
ij.vHW.WC
l mnt>Biitu Payment 1 ypocunonl-
The 80 4\t 1 a 110 became the sulwiau
mo law In 1922, and t> the sub
stantive law. one or two vigorous and
determined otTerts to amend it having
failed in Congress*. In enacting tho
appropriation law tv'V the fiscal war
l however. Coogrvsw experimented
[with a lump-sum payment in !wu of
us 40 per cent oontrtbucion, a* a
sweeping exception to the* stibstAußvc
law and In violation of the implied
promise et the substantive taw that
to* live >iuu at least the 00-40 mtio
should be maintained, i'bo lump-sum
pay meat practice of appropriation ap
piled only to tho Hem* of the pac.svu
br appropt ratten lull tv* which it was
attached and was not operative be
>end the current fiscal >var\
1 l\*l each ye.it' sinew lie fiscal year
j 1925 vVngiesa has repeated this ten
1 t*c>rary exception to the nselfw'c! 01
i financing the District vchich it had
itself enacted into pet manent aulwtau
live law m 1922 and prcHeated ever
since against duvet amendment.
Pin so few years of e\iswauetua.Kvn
with ihe lumpsum tv.Mueut vdan Uaw
demonstrated so uumstakably it*
hurtful tujusthx* that Hus v«.ci' lb.
vVmiwisstoiHM* and ad vd V\ aaivmgtoi .
v*rgan.«ed and unorvaidted. unite to
pix*lest against it, to urge its nume
diate abiuidonment and autonvatk* »«
sumption ol appicvMrtativ*n prwctK'w m
accordance wuh the *0 *0 tulle aa 4.
rooted b> the evsitng substantive taw.
I'hu* was issue joined in thus case.
Between this subaianttve Uw and
tl\is aptuopirath'iv practxva, wlwa la
the mere honest, the moiv just, tin?
better tor the welCarv of the civ wit a!
communttv and the w ho’esome dev el
opment of tho Natmn s tin f
What *ie the cvneKierWimiv* which
push the District meaistibiy into dee
petals resistaiww to the lumpsum
pay incut plan’
11 wound tu Ihnn qde.
1 In the peculiar relations of Kr
tional and kswt iwvtuer* m |h«
National Capital |*a*lner*htp the »e'«
nn|Kc*e*l UmHatnm uya*u the natuww
par the* ct voted tyv the violin-te me
portion plan ts essential to the Hi
1 t'wte oi the local iw»so,• s % o|»
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