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EUNUCH WIDOW
AGAIN ON STAND
Box That Figured in Dry Raid
Identified in Trial of
Agent.
Tbspst.-h to Th? Siv
BALTIMORE. February IT.-Mrs
F*nme Gunlach was called to the stand
today as a rebuttal witness in the trial j
of Joseph Randolph Brewer, indie led
for first decree murder in connection
wi'h the fatal shooting of Charles V
Gunlach. her husband, a St. Marys
County farmer, by prohibition agent*
September 16 last. She identified a
box as the one which was behind the
house at the time of the shooting
Robert D Ford of the Washington pro
hibition division also was recalled, and
admitted testifying previously that he
ga’ e no memorandum to Brewer, wno
led the raid but later stated that the
memorandum was given to Brewer b\
Agent Tutt in his presence.
Robert H Archer, assistant attorney
general of Marvland. who. with Philip
H Dorsev. States attorney of St. Marys
Countv is conducting the prosecution,
attempted to brine out the name of the
person who gave the information about ;
a” alleged still on Gunlachs property
Ford testified that the information
about the still was given him by a resi- ,
dem ot St Marys County, whom he ;
did not know bv name but believed to
live at Great Mills. This man. Ford ,
aaid. drew the map of the location of
th? still while in Ford s office. Archer
questioned Ford closely and stressed he
nomt that although Ford had seen the
man twice he could not understand
whv Ford did not attempt to learn the
name of the informant. Ford said i
not the policy of the prohibition
force to obtain the name of oersons
who gave them information.
Farm Pictures Explained.
Paul F. Hodges, prohibition agent and
photographer, testified that he took, the
pictures of the Gunlach farm, which
vere introduced as evidence bv the de j
JSi. on January 3. 1928. Hodges said |
that at that time. Mrs. Gunlach to.d .
him that two beer cases had been on
top of the large box the day o. the
shooting. He said he asked Mrs Gun- >
lach for the big box as he wanted to
get that in the photograph, but she
told him it had been cut up for kindling
* The case was then closed and the
jurors excused until 2 o'clock, when it
U expected they will be given the case. s
After the jury had been excused, attor- j
nevs presented their pleas to Judge
Coleman. Archer contended that Brew - :
er could be found guilty of manslaugh- (
ter bv the jury, although being tried
lor first degree murder. |
Amos W Woodcock. United States
district attorney, who is defending j
Brewer, held that the court should in
struct the jury to find Brewer guilty of
murder in the first degree or else acquit;
bim "There is no middle ground." he .
declared Upon the decision of the jury I
today mav rest the disposition of the ;
Indictment against those jointly indicted j
with Brewer for first degree murder.'
Should Brewer be acquitted, it is prob
able the other agents will not be
brought to trial.
Rebuttal Evidence Begun.
After putting John T. Fisher, jr. and
Dano M. Jackley. prohibition agents, in- ;
dieted with Brew er, and Robert E. Cor- i
nett on the stand, and calling a num- :
ber of character witnesses from St.
Mans and Charles Counties, the ca
tenae closed its case late yesterday and
evidence in rebuttal started.
Robert H Archer, assistant attorney
general of Maryland, who. with Philip
H Dorsev, State's attorney of St. Marys
County, is conducting the prosecution.
Charged unfairness when United States
district attorney, chief defense counsel,
produced a map. which he was refused ;
the use of when the prosecution was
presenting its case.
Agent Fisher, who is a native of
Prince Georges County, testified that he
was the first to return the fire after
being shot in the kr.ee by Gunlach j
Fisher said that all three of the other
agents helped him to the car after he
was shot, but could not slate exactly the
extent of Brewer's aid.
This testimony is in direct contradic
tion of that of Mrs. Gunlach. widow of
the slam- farmer, who testified that
Cornett and Jackley were carrying
Fisher to the car while Brewer rushed
up and shot her husband as he was
lying wounded on the ground near the
bare door of lh"lr home.
Agent Jackley testified that when
Gunlach shot at Fisher after Fisher
bad been hit in the knee and was lying
on the ground, he < Jackley> shot at
Gunlach.
Sure of Brewer”* Position,
Jacxiey was emphatic in his state
ment that Brewer helped to carry Fish
er bars to the car Under cross-ex
amination oy Archer. Jackley said he
saw Gunlach fire at Fisher, but did not
poiioe whether Fisher returned the fire
Archer aaked Jackley if he toad not
told a Washington newspaper man that
he would not have gore on the raid had
he known of any bad feeling between
Gunlach and Brewer, but Jackley de
nied having made such a statement.
After having been excluded in direct
testimony the day ix fore Archer again ,
tried to place Cnarle* Aron-vein, a cop- j
persmith of Washington, on the «tar,d
to prove that he made a still for Brewer (
several months previous to the fatal
shooting arid set it up on a farm near
Leonard Vjw-m
Attorney Woodcock who it defending
Brewer again objected to the introduc
tion of the testimony, and Judge Cole
man sustained the objection
Archer in his argument to admit the
testimony ot Aronvtein said he could
prove that Brewer had the s'iU made
and set up in a woodland near Ound
\frt.t farm and 'fiat i' war the de
gtruction of this still which >d to ’He
bad feeling be*v.sen Brewer and Ound
lach
It had been previous] v introduced in
♦v-den/e that shortly after 'lie raid on
Our.dlr.ch> home in July 3927 several
prohibition agents from Washington
carre to lAonardt/rwn and met Ootid -
lach who ccr.d>e Vd them to# a s' ill
which vac destroyed.
Gundia* n later according to Archer
boasted tnat he had got even with
Brewer for breaking aii hi* home brew
crocks and bottles.
Mrs Gundiaeh and Robert C Ford
ore bifelt ion agent in *harg? of the
v/ashing’/m office at the time of the
fatal shooting have peer* summoned to j
take tne stand in rebuttal after which J
cour.se; will make »osir srguinencf.
BANK WINS SUIT.
Ilf/iTk/i Damage A*'*Son Against
Riggs Lost by Accuser
The Riggs National Bank today won <
the suit I'ji tibbOOb damag*. brought
cgaihs* it oy Fred PtutUu C2f# Keefer
pare for alleged false arrest and slan
der A verdict for the defendant was
rendered oy a jiry in Circuit Division
t before Justice h'afford
Through A'O/n.e-,- Campiseli Howard
•nd Marvin I* Bis* huff ti»# piaintjf! ■
tsays he was a atutsri of forgery or mu
epjracy February % 192« and detained
in a room of the ban* J»>o3 so ousyjvania
• ver.ue !#a'e-j r-e war placed under ar
i*M arid taken to ixrilne fmadquwrUus
h# staled wneie he was iieid more
than 2 hoots Jn tne a#a«#d»» charge
til# plaintiff asserted tha* a vice presi
dent and rasiilei of tne bank in a loud
voice mad# derogatory Mat/me lit# ateool
him in toe presence of Other per non*
Id# charges were denied by Ihe bank
which was repiefecnUd b> Attorney
luru J h'gao
VIETSCH IS FREED
CONTEMPT CASE
j
Justice Siddons Holds Burns
Manager’s Guilt Was Not
| Established.
Rv (hr tatisi Pi s«.,
Criminal contempt charges against C
L. Viet.*oh. Baltimore manager for tlir
Burns Detective Agency, were dismussed
today by Justice Frederick L. Siddons
: in the Supreme Court of the District
ot Columbia The Government opposed
the action, but the court held his guilt
had not been established “beyond a rea
sonable doubt."
Vietseh was one of the six respond
ents cited as the result of the shadow
ins of the Fall-Sinclalr oil conspiracy
trial by Burns detectives employed by
Sinclair.
Vietsch's only part in the affair was
to bring $1,500 from Baltimore to
Washington with which to pay the sur
veillance squad. The Government’s tes
timony developed that he knew nothing
of the shadowing and took no part in
it. He brought the money here on or
ders from the Burns New York offiee.
j The end of the criminal contempt pro
ceedings against Sinclair. Burns and
others for shadowing the Fall-Sinclalr
oil conspiracy Jury came nearer today.
‘ when the defense rested its case.
The proceedings started last Decem
ber 5. a little more thsn a month after
! the oil case ended in a mistrial, when
j it was learned Sinclair had Burns de
tectives shadowing the jury, which was
to decide his fate on charges of con
spiracy with Albert B Fall to defraud
the Government.
The Government offered no rebuttal
testimony and motions to strike out
portions of the Government testimony
were renewed by defense counsel.
JURY CHOICE DRAGS
IN HICKMAN TRIAL
Defense Attorneys Tacitly Admit
Defeat in Hearing on Drug
gist's Murder.
j
LOS ANGELES. February 17.—Attor
neys defending William Edward Hick
man and Welby Hunt went slowly for
! ward today in their admittedly hopeless j
fight to obtain an acquittal of the two;
; of the murder of C. Ivy Toms, suburban 1
drußgist.
Seven woman and five man jurors
j were tentatively seated.
1 The examination of jurors must drag ;
along until the defense has exhausted!
I nil its rights of challenge Jerorn** I
Walsh and Rirhard Cantillon. defense
I lawyers, announced they would tise all
i of their 30 challenges in order to make
j the best possible showing in the Ap
l pellate Court This statement was
taken as a tacit admission of their be
; ties that the verdict would be against
them They have used 15 challenge?
so far.
Attorneys estimated the case would
not reach the testimony stage before.
next Monday. •
HONOR FOR LIGGETT
SOUGHT IN SENATE
Bill Would Give Retired World
War Hero Rank of Lieu
tenant General.
Br the A.etx'iated Pie»*.
The rank of lieutenant general, re
tired. would be conferred upon Maj.
Gen. Hunter Liggett, one of tne two
lieutenant generals in the Wend War, I
under a bill introduced today tv Sena- !
toi Johnson. Republican. California.
"ThU. in my opinion. Ls but urdv I
justice to a distinguished officer who
rendered the most signal service In the
Wo: id War." said Senator Johnson j
"Gen Liggett commanded the !*rg
est army ever defending the cause of
the United States. His was the lespon- ■
sibility in the remarkable Argonne cam- >
paign. and that great triumph was in i
large measure due to his atillty and
genius."
GREAT FALLS HEARINGS
MAY BE ENDED TODAY
Proponent* of Power Project Will
Be Given Chance to Be
Heard This Afternoon.
The Senate DiMriet committee e\-
pveta to complete hearings this after
noon on the bills relating to Great
Lalls, one providing for its preserva
tion as: a-park area and the other to!
authorize development of electric power
by 'he Government
The first hearing Wednesday, de
; veloped strong support for the Capper ‘
bill, authorizing the park project. Any
person* desirous of supporting the
Norris bill, for a Government power de- j
; velopment, will b* heard this after-:
| noon O M Kyle a resident of nearby]
Maryland, ha* notified the committer
he wants to b*- heard today
- If the committee conclude? th* I
Great Fa)]*, testimony in t me it may I
consider other local legi-laUon.
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CAPTAIN IN TECH CADET I
CORPS REGAINS RANK
Youth to Be Reinstated as Quar
termaster After Losing
Command.
Frederick C Hteizer Jr., who was'
suspended from the cadet corps of Mc-
Kinley Technical Hign School, with the
low of hi* command of Company c
December 1 following hi* conviction
oy a board of school offielal* on charges
of ' insubordination " will be rein'rated
in the Tech military organization this
afternoon as regimen'ai quartermaster
with the rank of rap am p tn . ]
nounced yesterday by Stephen K Kta - !
run first assistant super iniendent of !
v bool* in charge of high vhools ami!
cadet activities.
A trial board found him guilty and !
he was auxpended from the <u> p,- until
February J when, it vas speciti.-d j,e !
wr/Uid become eligible for rein tatemr-in I
in the corps, but without r ommand of j
<iia former rajin party.
PLAN NARCOTICS WEEK.
Fedejal and Civic Otoupe tr# M#
A»ked to Join Observance,
'Hit- »o-oj#ef*H»#n <#f Government *jsp
and n»aiai agencies m the tecond m,-
nusl observance of Narcotic Education
very February will be sought by
the World Conferenre on Narcotic g,dtr
< ulUiii
fast year leaders said mot* than
21 Ouo programs diw u sing lire natroln \
question were conducted during the]
week.
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ELECTRICITY AID TO FAHMEKfi
Hi UJI.'IB February 17 Approal
nrateiy 6,00 0 farina In Missouri are now
oesng served wntit electricity limn cen
tral stations Tire extension of electric
service to farm* generally promise* to
r#e one of th* )m|K#rtant d# eioprnenta
of the Middle West In the neat 10
>«*#*.
THE EYENTNH STAR, WASHTXGTOK 0. C„ FRIDAY. FEBRUARY IT. 1028.
|
NEW 900,000-Voi:r CATHODE ray tube
Rmflj S 3 ' Hi. Jr jffl
E MBWM ,JB Hw. ■ i# -I mmr
Upper: New superpower cathode ray tube perfected by Dr. \V. I). Uoolldge
with the aid of t heater Moore (Jeftl. and L. 11. Dempster tright). at the General _
Klectric t o. laboratory, which will produce a? many electrons a second a? a (on
of radium, of which there I? hut a pound in cxMenrc. Lower: Dr. Cnoiidge.
PASSAGE OF FLOOD
j BILL IS DOUBTED
Sneil Tells President Plan to
Raid Treasury May Block
Aid Measures.
There Is every reason to fed con
cerned over the prospects of flood-con
trol legislation at this session because
of the attitude on the part of m.rnv
members of Congress to use this leg is
; iation as the means of making a whole
* sale taid on the Treasury. President
; Cooiitige was advised today by Repre
] sentative Snell of New York, chairman
of th n rules committee of the House
] Representative Snell, who is one of
i the group of leaders in ihe House, rie
; eiared that it is apparent that a de
j termined effort is bung made to jam
i through a flood-control bill that will not
] only provide for the so-called Mlssis-
I sipjii Basin, but will virtually take in
i every navigable river in the United
' States He stated that there is no mis
taking the aim on the part of m tubers
of Congress to take advantage of the
situation He said thst as things stand
now it looks like these members are
trying to get the stage ■* t for on? grand
grab.
"If these members are successful the
j flood control legislation wili turn out to
i be the moH gigantic jiork barrel ever
made possible bv Congress " He added
]that the river and hntbor pork barrel? '
of the old days would be in significant
|in size compared to this one. Mr. Su'd.
! it would be a national crime if
; such a bill is passed. He informed th-
President, however, that he doubted if
, these raiders would be successful, be
] cause he is inclined to thlpk that the
grab biil as it is being d;*Msved now
will be so heavy and nienaemg that it
will sink to defeat from it? own weight.
Mr. Snell said the Republican lead- !
is anxious to get through the
House a bill along the Iffies suggested
bv ihe administration which i‘f»uld enii
for the effected State? to pay .some
thing toward th<:- toff.l cost of improve- j
j ments to be entered into. He perwin
i ally does not believe tne States siunld
,Le e« irelv relieved of ail financial re
; spot:rttoillty. He realizes that there i? a
! strong sentiment among the House
j membership favoring the Federal Gov
j ernment shouldering the whole expense.
* and because of this he was not dlspcs'-d
i to make a prediction as to the outcome
; of this Important legislation.
j Mr. Snell stated that there is no rer
taintv of a tax reduction bill being
passed by both houses at this session. ,
H# pointed out thr.t at the rate appro
priations are being sought and cor.sld
. ering ih’ extravagant mood Congress
j seems to be in at this t.nr ther« is
more reason to expect a deficit rathet ,
than another slash in thp tax burden
He stated that at the rale appropria
tions are being made there will not only
b# nothing left for a tax reduction, bu*
Congress may find it necessary to pro
j vide the means of increased revenue. !
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
I BUSINESS MEN DINE
Covell Address** Br.nquet on Di»-
advant?ges of Zoning
Change*.
Th" dlsadvantag's of (hanging the
j zoning of a community from residential
] to first commercial and the progress of
* the District government in carrying
i out the present street lighting program
j were th** topics of an ; ddrc.xs by Assrst
] ant Engineer Commissioner W. E. R !
J Coveil to th** 135 guests at the third
Midwinter dinner for the members
families and frit-nds of the Columbia
Height* Business M**n'h Aaaoclatlon last
j night In the Kene&aw apartment case,
Hixteenth and Irving street# The other
* per ia! guest* w ere Ben T Webster
' sec retai v of the Washington Board of
j Trade, and Traffic: Director William
< If liar land
Os the numerous request* received to ,
change zoning* from residential Ur first j
commercial but a few are granted
Maj Covell said, The arguments that
ar# usually urged before him for a
ciiang* ire stated are first, that the
i-treet. is a business street and has
heavy automobile ami street car traffle;
] secondly, iiirtt busin*?* property is w
* near by as to lower the value of resi- i
j dential property, and, thirdly, that the ;
i c iiy needs more first commercial zones
|To these he declared ttie answer* to ;
) lie thiil if ail business and heavy traffic’ ,
j streets Were c hang-U to hi st eointU' r
! < ia! there would he 10 time* tear many j
j of that particular kind of stone; Hud j
] the lowering In Hie value of properly bv
! adjacent business estabiishinenls is de
plorable b*rt unavoidable, and Hud.
lastly, tiie city does not need more first
cornnr rr ittl zones, as it now has metre j
than it will ever need
Frank J Bo trot its president of I tie* j
association, was toast master.
PLANES TO OPEN PORT.
Light Haivlee Craft Will Fly Ficon
Here to 'i'Hin|ia Field.
i One naval and seven Marine lighting
; airplanes will fly from Hie Naval An
| W a lion her # and Hie Manne All Nl a
lion al Quardtear to Tampa, Fla, for
] Hie opening next Wednesday of the ah‘-
’ |eirl there
Col William C liar lice a native of
‘I ain pa arid Cap) Flank O Itogera of
lire Marine* were ediedoied to leave
(joanUeo today, wtnic* lire other seven
plane* will lake off Monday, It was an
nounced at Hie Navy Department
Meiji Ooffidr M C wick comman
dant cif the Naval An ftiaiinn at Ana
coaua, will pilot tha Navy plana#
JURY SLACKERS HIT
BT OIL PROSECUTOR
Roberts Tells Barristers Duty
Is Obligatory—Sees New
Era of Justice.
* Jury service is a? much a part of the
public business as shouldering a mus
sel" declared Owen J. Roberts of Phil
ndeiphia, special counsel for the Gov
ernment in the oi! pro- ~culions, who de
livered the principal speech last eve
ning at the fourth annual dinner of ihe
Barristers' Club to the District judges,
given at the Carlton Hotel. All the
justices of the Court of Appeals were
present as well as most o' th" number?
of the Distrirt Supreme Court, Court
• f Customs Appeals. Municipal and Po
lice Courts.
Mr, Roberts was speaking on the evils
of the administration of criminal jus
tice in America and criticized the ac
tion of business men m seeking to
evade jury service. He declared it is
a public business, a drab one, indeed,
jut still the people's business, and should
be looked upon as a public duty. Rob
erts deplored the action of some news
papers in writing epics on the front l
page about the sordid details of crime
and painting a halo about the head of j
the criminal. He admitt"d. however. ?
that the papers were answering a pub
lic demand and said the administration
of criminal justice will be improved
only when the public sentiment Lv
toned to require a change. The change
is coming, he said, and cannot c«m* too
soon. He told the Barristers that it is
th-ur bu Jness to hasten it.
Roberts asserted that both the bench
and bar to blame ior the * mimes
on the administration cf criminal
justice. The lawyer? put forward looj
many objections and often conduct i
their cases so that the public attends ,
! as if at a show to ?"o which is the ;
oetter lawyer. The bar, he said should
not take part in such a hippodrome, j
The judges are too lax he said in per
mitting sueh leeway to counsel and in
] excusing prominent men from jury
eervice.
Lucian H Vandoren. president of the
Barristers, was the toastmaster and ti e
'dinner arrangements were handled bv
Frederick Btohlman. Jerome P Barnard.!
George D. Horning. Jr., and Eugene B
; Cullivan.
’•’ILL’S TRIAL ENDS
IN DISAGREEMENT
Jury Discharged After Failure
i I
to Reach Verdict in
70 Hours.
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OTTAWA. 11l , February 17 - The
jury, which for four days deliberated
th# fat# of Harry Hill, charged with
killing his mother, was discharged to
: dav after it reported a disagreement,
i Twice before the Jurors had reported !
they were unable to agree upon a ver
dict. but each time were sent back by ,
| Judge .Joe A Davis for further delibera
tion They had been out approximately j
7b hour*. The men rec eived the case i
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Despite the reports from the Jury
that it was hopelessly deadlocked. Judge
Davis has kept Hie 12 men together in
, hope that they finally could agree and
thereby save the l a Belle County tax- }
payers the expense of many thousands
j of dollars for a new trial
i The expressions on Hie faces of the
men as they returned to the Jury room
from the hotel to resume deliberation j
! veined to tx* grimly set and observers ,
believed they indicated no hope for ati
j agreement
The deadlock was report 'd unofficial
ly to persist at B to 4 In favor of con- j
i victlon.
The 12 men received the case of
: young Hill with the plea of State’s At
; torney H C, Hanson for punishment ’
'short of the extreme penalty still ring
ing in their ears Persistent reports
were that Hie maximum punishment
considered bv Ihe )uror* since they went
into lelirement was 14 years
Young Hill was alleged to have shot
i his elderly mother, Mrs Eliza A Hill. !
and to have burled Hie body in a shal
-1 low grave scooped out of tlie loud clay
;iu the basement of their home In
: M treat or.
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Assigned to Reserve*.
Maj Francis H Wllbv, Corps of Kil
gineers, mi duty wiih Ihe general siaff
at the War Department lias been as
i signed lo additional duly with the
i Organized Reserve* in Washington and
"trinity i
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Medals to Buy Early Home
And St. Louis Museum Proposed in Bill
By it<#» A*«*>< mi**)
The minting of 10,000 non I.imthrrgh
< ninitiemorttUva (lied*!* lo be Bold for |
u fond to bov (hr curly home of !
t'hailr* A I.Oiriliitah a( Utile Kails, j
Minn, nod to erert a museum at 8t
l<oois, for souvenirs of hu utr travel*,
would bf provided under a bill Intro
duerd by Jtepirseutatire Krate, Kaimer
i.ahorlle, Minn, ya»iaidav afternoon
The proposal would neat* a f ind
iieiyh (oiiortlaaloa of two Hmatois one
P*prf*entat|v* and the mayor* of flt
Paul and Hi loot* whuh would so|o>r>
vi*« safe of iha nif**ls in* balance
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SCIENCE EXPECTS
| TO RIVAL RADIUM
Developrr2nt of 900 000-Volt 1
-• Cathode Ray Tube May
i i
Lead to Great Advance.
Hr Hi' A—ii. Ut«J !•••«*
NEW YORK. February 17-Th<* pos
sibility of con: traction of apparatus
which will produce the beta and gumma j
rays of radium is h"'d forth bv Dr .
W. D Coolidg*. assistant director of
, the research laboratory of the Q-neral
Eiecrtc Co., in announcing develop
j ment of a new superpower cathode ray
tub? operating on 900.000 volts. Tire
previous limit of power had been 300,-
j 000 volts.
f The announcement was made at a
meeting of American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, v.here Dr Coolidge
received the Edison medal for his con
tributions to incandescent lighting and
the X-ray.
Speed I« 1 attest Ever Made.
Tire new tube is a three-in-on* ar
j rang. ’ment of the 300 000-volt ralunie |
las tube A cascade arrangement ex- i
p is electrons a: th? rate of 173.000
miles a second, which Is the fastest
mon-made speed ever attained. It is
i 300.000 times faster than the speed of
a bullet shot from a standard Artnv
rifle.
"This opens a vista of alluring seien- ‘
tlfic possibilities." said Dr. Coolidge in i
explaining the muliiscciionai principle |
upon which the new tube is butlt. “It
has tantalised us for years to think
that we couldn’t produce in the labors -
, lory just as high speed electrons as j
| the high,’st velocity beta rays of radium
and just as penetrating radiations as j
the shortest wave length gamma rays j
from radium. According to Sir Ernest
j Rutherford, we need only a little more i
; than twice the voltage which we nave i
| already employed to produce X-rays as j
; penetrating as the most penetrating
gamma rays from radium and about !
I 3,000 000 \oU.s to produce as high-speed
I beta rays."
Turns (i.isrs to Solids.
The 300,000-volt tube which Dr. Cool
idge demonstrated tn 1920 produced
enormous streams of high-speed tlee
j irons which changed gases into solids,
I caused many minerals to glow with
phosphorescence for hours and caused
profound alterations In living cel’s
s Th* experiments with the new tub.
j have just started.
Chest'T Moore and L. H. Dempster
aid<d him in his development of the
tube. Dr Coolidge said
John J Cartv. vice president of the
American Telephone -A: Telegraph Co.,
received the John Frit* medal for
achievements in telephone engineering
SENATOR HEADS ALUMNI.
Waterman Is Named President by
Vermonter*.
Senator Waterman of Colorado has
btvn elected president of the University
ot Vermont Association of Washington
It "as announced today The Senator
Is a graduate of Hi# university.
Senator Waterman has also been
asked to preside at the annual banquet
! meeting of the alumni association to t>#
bid In March
!
INVITE MAYOR WALKER.
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The appointment of D E Grier as 1
chairman of a membership committee
"I 12 to start a drive for members 1
of (lie Al Smith Democratic Club of ,
Hit* District of Columbia and the c\- j
tending of an invitation to Mayor
Walker of New York to address Hnitlh
supiwrter* hete on hi* return from
his .Southern tour were the features
of the club's meeting last night at Hie
Burlington Hotel
A large Increase In membership was
if ported
l of ih» fond, aiier port base of the
memorial*. would he applied to teseatt'lt
| for fommerciul anal ion and for dying
I safety
j li.tuatoe bv lire Postmaster (hnetal )
of a art of lit I, indium h si amps tom.
ntemniattug the attheveiuenta of the!
tlvrr would be aolhollaed by a bill In. |
irtHltoed by He pi rsentut tv e At tier man, >
Hijiuhliian New Jersey.
The series wbirb tepieseirta lire irrrm*
lift ttf forinliles visited by lire fiver and j
Hr* number Os the m labial mates of lira '
’hilled Hiaies would lauge tn deuomt- 1
tat ion from one half rent to ft.
BALLOU EXPLAINS
PORTABLE SCHOOLS
Report of Funds Hearing,;
Made Public, Tells Status j
of District System.
The status of the District public
school system, including the phases
which have resulted in much criticism.!
has been placed before the subcom-
Imlttee of the House appropriations com
; mittee by school officials, headed by Dr
I Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of
j schools. The subcommittee is consid
; cring the District appropriation bill for
the fiscal year 1929.
Among the items discussed in a re
port of the hearings made public today
were the number of portable school
buildings and part-time classes now b*>-
| ing operated. The present status of
: the five-year building program also was
I treated. Dr. Ballou had testified that
j there were now 130 classes on part-time,
land he expressed the opinion that porr
■ables would be used until the part-time
makeshift we know." and said it seemed
| class system can be relieved. He char
' actcrized the building as "the best
; to him “almost inevitable that we have
! some of them until we can adjust the
j situation.” He said they would con
‘ tinue to be used even though the i'ems
tequested in the appropriation bill were
allowed.
Funds Not Appropriated.
i In answer to Representative Casey.
Democrat. Pennsylvania, who wanted to
know how much additional money it
' would take to discard all the portables.
Dr. Ballou declared that if the five-year
building pregram had been carried' out
and appropriated for year by year
every portable would ha’, e elimi
nated bv June 30. 1930 or the next year
"In plain English." Mr. Cns*y asked.
“Congress is responsible for this condi
tion?"
“I am not ready to say that.” Dr Bal
lou replied: ‘ I am prepared to say that
there has not been appropriated $4,000 -
I 000 for buildings and grounds in any
one year except the first year, consisting
of the regular bill and deficiency The
i standard sets in the first year has not
! been attained in any year since that
! time. This bill comes the nearest to
it of any bill presented."
The superintendent said th<* request
ed .appropriation was insufficient to
complete the program by June 39. 1930
j Representative Simmons. Republican.
Nebraska, criticized the length of time
that elapses in the District between the
date on which the building funds be
come available and that on which the
completed building actually Is ready for
i occupancy It was shown in the h?ar
j ing that 1 8months is the average
| time ebpsmc between the two dates
. and Maj. L E Atkins, assistant to the
• Engineer Commission?r, declared he be
lieved this a fair time.
A. L. Harris, municipal architect, was
asked about the division of the 18
months and he said that it requires
about four months to draw the plans
j one month to advertise for bids and an
i idditional two or three weeks before the
j contract actually is signed, or six
months after the building Is authorized
These figures were for an eight-room
building junior high schools requiring
cmre time, or six months for th? draw
| r.g of the plans.
No Blame for Congress.
Mr Welch ask*d Mr Harris whether
m his opinion there had been any un
reasonable delay In carrying out a proj
ect under the five-year building pro
gre m.
I should say no." Mr Harris re
. plied.
I "Eiih'*r on the part of Congress or
! in the part of the Commissioners, or
anybody else? Do not spare anybody. ?
if there is any criticism—and we are
not sensitive—if we.have been wrong
; want to correct it." Mr Welch urged
iMr Harris replied:
j ‘ I am of the opinion that Congress
j is not to blame tor any delay in the
five years building program. * * * As the
• schools must necessarily suffer with
other projects and as the total is fix
ed only a certain amount of school
buiTding Is possible within the total al
lowed As the total budget is fixed bv
; taxes received. 1 see no way of increas
ing the amount of school building with
j out an increase in the tax rate in the
i District of Columbia "
Mr. Simmons wanted to know what
percentage of the municipal architect's
work was for school projects and Mr.
Harris answered ”5 per cent. Only
■ emergency buildings, such as the addi
tion to the Oailineer Hospital, which
i was critically needed, are given priority
, over the school construction, he added
Among the .specific reasons for in
crease in the school budget Dr Ballou
named the reclassification legislation
| law. which went into eflect March 4
1923 providing for an increase in salary
(or the schools' clerical stall of 27 6
per cent over their basic salaries and
$ 6 per cent increase in salary over (lie
total compensation they received at that
time Janitors' salaries were increased
•43 9 per cent over their basic salaries
as of that date and the total compen
sation was increased 9 8 per cent by }
that legislation In round numbers j
this legislation increased th? school
budget of the District bv about $175,000.
the superintendent told the subcommit
tee
JM Nan- Residents.
Dr. Ballou named also the teachers'
salary act of July l 1924 which pro
vided increased compensation tor all
educational employes of the D.strict.
and the five-year building act. which
was e Unrated to cost $20,185,000.
Dr Ration told Mr Welch there was ■
no wav of protecting the District'
against the influx of children from out
side He told the committeemen that 1
there were between 2.500 ami 2.600 non
resident pupils in the local schools to
djlv
i “About 50 or 60 of them pay tuition
. and the rest come tn tree " br Rai- ;
lou said “With the law on the statute
books which gives them free tuition, we
do not feel we have any legal right to j
k«ep them out or anv moral right to
! do so,"
Asked if the non-resident pupils dis
placed District childten or require i
them to go on pan tune. Dr Ballou
! s<t‘d that tn soma instances they do. !
tnit no. generally
“We have added portables and put i
children on pan-time where those etui*!
then are to be found in such schools
as the E V Brown, in Chevy Chase, or |
the Taknma School, ut Takoma Park.",
he added
Uniit Classes to 42.
Dr Ballou explained that the school!
system had a rule specifying that when
.» class reaches 42. no more Maryland
children are admitted in that building
but are transferred to some oihei
school When a class reaches 48 he
explained. Maryland children are elim
inated entirely, to be provided for else
where lie explained that the genera!
law savs tuition shall be charged, twit
that a long series of modifications per
mit most of the Maryland childten to
enter District schools without charge
Dr Ballou explained that Virginia
has reduced quite raptdlv the number
of Its chitdien attending District school*
by providing element arv and high
schools in Arlington Counts A few
Virginia children he said Mill attend
local schools by preference
In answer to a querv bv Representa
tive lloladav. Illinois, concerning Mary
land * effort.* to take care of Us chil
dren. the superintendent testified that
high school work-had been undertaken
at Taknma Park Md
Dr Ballou said also rival some es
forts were being made to acconunodat
ihe Maryland schools' elementary chi!
dretv but rival nvsnv parent* prefer i »
enter ihelr children tn District school*
He said that 290 Marx land children
*’Pre enrolled in the Takoma 8choo) j
alone.
Mr. Holaday declared he considered I
it not "a proper thing to deny the chil
dren of the District full-time classes,
or whatever is necessary, in order to
accommodate the children from with
out the District.” He wanted to know
11 two-thirds of the portable schools
could not be abandoned if Maryland
would take care of its own children. Dr
i Ballou answered that “a considerable i
i number might be." but he was unwil- j
I ling to say two-thirds could be elimi
j nated.
Mr. Bimmons later asked what would
be the effect if, beginning next Fall.!
state children were not permitted to
enter District schools. Dr. Ballou said
it would be difficult for him to answer j
that. Question and further that he could i
not say whether sufficient school faell-1
ities existed in Maryland and Virginia
] to care for those children.
In presenting the 1929 appropriation i
I bill Dr. Ballou said the budget cov
j ering buildings and grounds provides
j the largest amount of permanent con
. struetion that has been carried in any
j budget presented to Congress since the
, enactment of the five-year building pro
gram of 1925. He called attention to
the fact that it contains onlv two items
1 for the purchase of ’.and and declared
j that every effort had been made to
' reduce the lump-sum appropriations for
; salaries to the actual amount of money
which will be needed during the school
I year 1928-9.
| ‘ The school system of Washington
! is a growing, developing and expand*
! ing organization.” Dr. Ballou said; “its
' growth is indicated by an average in
i crease in enrollment from 1.200 to
1 1.500 pupils per year. For these ad
« ditional pupils additional teachers end
j additional school facilities are neccs
-1 s ary.”
.ARGENTINE ENVOY
IMPERILS HAVANA
PACT BY RESIGNING
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jof modifying the report presented by
I Ricardo Alfaro of Panama along the
! lines suggested in the debate in which
Charles Evans Hughes of the United
States plaj'rd a prominent part,
j The whole weight of the United
States was thrown behind the proposal
i to outlaw all aggressive warfare in this
| hemisphere by Mr. Hughes His coun
try. he said, is “opposed to any act* of
j aggression, desirous of seeing force
; abolished from this hemisphere, and
seeks nothing but the prosperity, inde
pendence and friendship of all Ameri
can states.”
Mr. Hughes fully supported a resclu
i introduced by Fernando Gonzalez
Roa of Mexico. which declared ail ag
gressive war illegal and provided inter
national disputes should be settled bv
pacific means.
Mr. Hughes suggested tl* establish
ment of joint international commis
i sions patterned on the lines of the
l Ameriran-Canadian Boundary Commis
sion. by conclusion of pecuniarv claims
conventions, ana by establishing firmlv
ui** principle of arbitration. This would
be subject only to the limitation which
sovereignty of countries required.
As means to th? pacific setti-ment ot
disputes he urged periodical conferences
for candid exchange of views on contro
versial subjects, measures of conciliation
and judicial settlement
The means of pacific seti!em*nt of
deputes Is regarded as a subject xoo far
reaching for conclusion bv the present
1 conference which end.* Mondav it is
hoped, however, that a skeleton olau
mav be outlined and thus th® labors of
some future conference on the maun
facilitated.
EXPECTS CANADA TO JOIN.
Rv *.*!«> Pf*.«
Eventual entrance of Canada into th"
Pan-American Union was predicted
vrsterday bv John Barrett, former di
rector of th? organization, in a tele
gram sent to the president of the
conference now in progress at Havana
He said a canvass of public opinion in
, both Canada and the United States
had made him hopeful that the Domin
ion government would be represented
the next pan-American conference
thus making the union actually pan- .
American for the firs; time in historv.”
Mr Barren’s message said that a ma
jority of nearly IPO Canadian states
men. educators and business men
recently consulted, favor eventual en
trance of Canada into the union under
conditions proposed bv him while di
rector general
HOOVER AND LOWDEN
INDORSED BY DRYS
Rr »»*.{ P «<«
EVANSTON IJI Februarr 17 - The
Wem*n's Christian Temperance Union
gives Herbert Hoover. Secretary of Com
merce and Frank O Lowden former
Illinois governor. “dry” records
Both Hoover and lowden have signi
fied their willingness to have their
names entered tn Republican presiden
tial primaries.
| In letters to lowa W. C T V officers.
; who sought information for primaries
s*x>n to be held in lowa, Mrs Anna
Warden de Ycv secretary of the tem
perance organization. wrote of Hoover
In an interview at Washington Mr
Hoover satd 'there is no question in my
opinion that prohibition is making
America more productive There can b* i
no doubt of the economic be tv-fits of
prohibition, I think increased teevper
, a nee over the land is responsible for a
rood share of the enormously increased
"fficiencv in production, which sums
nca gathered bv the Depa rt men* of
Commerce show to have followed
sags of the dry law.' “
VETERANS ARE GUESTS.
Disabled World War veterans from
Massachusetts who are patterns a: Wal
ter Reed Hospital were guests of honot
last night at a meeting of the Massa
chusetts State Society in the auditorium
of the National Press Club Assistant
Attorney Genera! George R p»rr.um
president of th? sov'tetv. weKv>med the
visitors.
Moving pictures of the Yankee divi
sion in actum overseas were shown atvd
enthustasth-atlv received A short re
ception was followed bv a dance About
MHT persons ivarticipaied
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ANTI-INJUNCTION
BILL IS FOUGHT
'
i Railway Executives’ Counsel
Holds Measure Is Uncon
constitutional.
Opponents of the Bhipsiead anti-in
■ function bill made a surprise froroai
attack on the measure before the Sen
ate Judiciary committee today, con’cr.d
ing that Con<?ress lacked constitutional
authority to enact such a law
Alfred P Thom, general counsel of
the Association of Railway Executives,
j f -he drive fn a brief he averted
; the determination of w hat proper**/
t« under the fifth amendment to the
Contitution is a judicial, not a legisla
te question. That flying true h® add*d,
the effort of the Shlpstead bill to re
strict use of injunctions to “tangible
: and transferable” property was a i*g;s
iative attempt to destroy an essential
| part of the co-ordinate judicial power
j visualized by the Con.stitut.ion.
The railway lawyer * contention pre
cipitated a three-cornered argument
tn which Chairman Norris and Senator
| Walsh of Mor’ana took part.
CRITIC CALLS SHAW
‘•PHILOSOPHIC JESTER”
Dr. Louis X. Anspacher Lecture*
on English Author at Home of
Mrs. Henry J. Dimcck.
; Describing George Bernard Shaw as
a “philosophic jester." Dr. Louis K. An
spacher. noted critic, yes'erday sketched
th? works and characteristics of the fa
mous English author in a iec'ure de
livered at the home of Mrs H*nrv F
Dimock, at Scott Circle, unde- the au
spices of the George Washington Me
morial Foundation.
i Dr. Anspacher told the gathering that
i Shaw is a difficult author to analyze be
cause he is a curious person, and al
though he is in earnest about many of
the ideas he presents, he does not seem
; so
Contradiction dominates in *he works
of Shaw, he said, and it is difficult tn
take him seriously. Shaw has always
been a step ahead of critics, according
to Dr. Anspacher. in that ft* is the
deadliest critic of his own writings.
Shaw scorns audiences, surprises ny
poensies and always attacks ideas or
themes instead of attempting to per
suade. as is the usual method of drama
tists. said Dr. Anspacher.
Several of Shaw's books were review
ed by the speaker.
The next of Dr Anspaeher's lectures
which will close the series of four, will
b* at the same place next Thursday.
MAJ. MOSELEY HOPS OFF.
Tormer Army Pilot Leaves H®re or.
Trip West.
Carrying his w:f? and a German
h-phrrd dog whteh he recently ac
quired in Europe. Maj. C C Mcseiey.
..vrm-r Army Air Corps pilot and nu»
l general manager of Western Air Ex
press. left Bolling Field shortly before
noon today tn a Fokkcr three-engined
utssenger transport plan® on a Sigh? of
».«▼ st.e for Los Angeles
Maj Mosei"v in fiymg to th? Gali
vmia citv is making delivery ot he
Poiker which was turned over to him
Tuesday at Ha<bmuek H®shts N J.,
. headquarters of th® plane mtnutar
turer The plan® will be used on th®
Western Air Express mu‘® between Lr*
Ang-les and Saif Lake Citv
NEW SEABOARD OFFICIAL.
Operating Assistant to Tice Pres
ident Is Created.
NORFOLK Va February :7 tP* -
Creation of the office of operating as
sistant to the vice president was an
nounced today a: th* offices of th* Sea
board Air Line Raiiwav E. C Bagwell
»aa appointed tc fill the office, and it
*ss announced that his headquarters
will be at Savannah, G*
Important administrative changes were
announced at the same time The gen
eral Western district of the road ss
abolished East Carolina and Georgia
divisions are assigned to the Northern
district and the Alabama division x as
«tgned to the Southern district. Th®
South Carolina division is transferred to
the Southern district
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