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Evening star., 1925-01-30

is disregarding this opinion in the
test cases now pending in Police
Court
In one of the test cases the Dis
trfct alleges that the alley is less
than 80 feet wide. In another case
1t alleges that the alley is less than
so feet wide and is not supplied with
gas or electric light. In third test
case they charge the alley is less than
so feet wide, does not run straight
through the block and is not provided
with gas electric light.
In other words, the city hopes to
cases whether the law is to apply to
all alley dwellings.
Inspector Atkinson reported to the
Commissioners two years ago that
there were then 9,l9S alley dwellers.
He said today that from his obser-
walton the number has not been mate
rally changed since that time.
There Is very little building activity
of a character that would be avail
able to the families living in alleys,
Mr.. Atkinson said.
Task Great for One Man.
Mr.. Atkinson said he is constantly
inspecting dilapidated buildings, both
in and out Of alleys, and ordering re-
pairs made where necessary. He ad-
mitted, however, that IT is an enor-
with.
During the last fiscal year the
amount of repair work ordered was
$4,000, most of which was In alleys.
During November and December OF
1924 total OF $500 worth OF work
was ordered and during the first three
weeks of this month the repairs
aggregated S1,700.
During the last fiscal year, MT.
Atkinson said, approximately 90
dwellings, majority OF them III AL
leys, were condemned.
The report on alley conditions rem
dered in 1928 showed 2,544 alley
dwellings, and this number has been
decreased only slightly in the mean
time.
value sI.272.OO0.
The total value of alley dwellings
was estimated at that time as ap-
proximately sl272, 900.
One suggestion made when the al
ley law was about to go into effect
was that II the Zoning Commission
would zone alley property as frst
and second commercial the owners
would find It more to their advantage
to convert the existing dwellings into
dispose of the problem of insanitary
living conditions. in the alleys
The Zoning Commits ion, however,
has not yet made up its mind that it
would be a wise move to create COM
mercial developments in the interior
of squares.
And, in addition, District officials
feel that there still remains the ques-
tion of where the 5000 alley dweilers
would find accommodations within
their means If they should be required
to vacate the alley houses at this
time.
One piece of legislation was draft
cd by interested parties a year or
moro ago providing for the gradual
elimination of the alley dwellings by
closing a portion of them annually
over period OF several years. Dis
triCt officials said today this legis-
lation has not been acted on in Con-
Sress.
Evening star., 1925-01-30
ENFORCE OR ERASE DRY
LAW, MARSHALL URGES
Former Vice President Raps Vol
stead Act-Says Amending
Constitution Too Easy.
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, January
30.-"I am not for the prohibi tion
amendment, and / never was. No de-
cent Democrat ever was" former Vice
President Thomas r. Marshall de-
clared in an address here last eve
ming. But now II is here, let's main :
tain it or else get rid of it by due
process of law.
I'm getting tired of all these ad-
ditions to the Constitution. Its got
SO 1t is as easy to amend the Consti-
tuition Of the United States as 1t used
90 be to draw a cork. Any one can
so down to Washington and make
enough noise and get any amendment
he wants tackled onto the Constitu-
ton.
Il like the English way best. They
don't make laws until they know the
people want them. I'd like to repeal
all the Federal and State laws and
re-ensct the Ten Commandments and
the Golden Rule"
Evening star., 1925-01-30
skis AND SNOWSHOES
BEAR DOCTORS TO SICK
Syracuse Physicians Adopt Emer-
gency Measures to Cope With
Grip Epidemic.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, January 3O.-Be-
cause of a large number of cases of
grip, ply sicans here made unusual
efforts to visit patients today.
although heavy snowfall prevented
automobile traffic.
Several of the younger physicians
of the city solved the problem by
using skis and snowshoes.
Others managed to secure horses,
but there was a scarcity of sleighs
and cutters. Some of the older physi-
clans used saddles and went about
after the fashion OF the old noun
taineer physicians.
Evening star., 1925-01-30
nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 30.-Fail-
ing to find any clue in their search
for Ethel Leginska, English pianist,
who disappeared on Monday night,
the police have resorted to the
radio.
A description has been broad
cast at the request OF her friends,
who are growing more apprehen-
sive for her safety.
According TO her secretary, Miss
Leginska had no money when she
disappeared. The police have
visited several pawn shops in the
vicinity of the pianist's home in
an effort to discover whether she
Evening star., 1925-01-30
Early Suicide attempt by Leginska
Recalled as Radio Search Is Begun

pawned either her fur coat or
jewels. They had no success.
The secretary, Miss Lucille
Oliver, added to the apprehension
of the pianists friends when she
disclosed that Miss Leginska at
tempted suicide while a student in
Germany,
When Miss Leginska was II or
Is years old and was studying
music in Germany" said Miss
Oliver, "she jumped into river.
Some one rescued her. The next
thing she knew she was in London.
All she remembered of the occur
renee after her immersion was
her going from farmhouse to
farmhouse, begging her meals and
sleeping In barns"
Evening star., 1925-01-30
OF COURT HEARINGS
REVIVES INTEREST IN ALLEYS
Test Cases to Determine Effectiveness of Closing
La,cs Brings Up Question of Housing of
5000 People Else,Uhere.

The approach of the date for hear
ings in Police Court on the test cases
to determine the effectiveness of the
alley-closing law has brought into
the ltmelight once more the fact that
Washington sttll has with 1t a popu
latton OF more than 5000 alley dwell
ers and an unsolved problem of how
to provide for them.
A. S. ]. Atkinson. the lone inspector
available to the District government
for inspection of alley dwellings. de-
clared today that. while the general
condition of alley dwellings is soma
what improved as result of repair
work done during the past year, the
necessity for eventually doing away
with alley dwellings still exists.
several years ago, Mr.. Atkinson
said, owners of alley dwellings were
reluctant to spend money on repair
work. because OF the expectation that
on June l, 1929, all alley dwellings
would have to be vacated
Opinion Changed status
Just prior to that date. however
corporation Counsel Stephens rem
dered an opinion to the Commission
ers In which he held that the lam
Euage of one section of the closing
law was so worded as to restrict its
application to only few of the
alleys.
The clause in question provided In
substance that no dwelling should he
permitted in an alley which is less
thah 50 feet wide, and which does not
run straight to and omen on two
streets. and which is not supplied with
sewer water ana gas CT electric light
Mr.. Stephen contended that the use
of the word and" between each OF
these phrases meant that all three
conditions must exist to make an
alley dwelling legal
In other words, he concluded II
any one OF the three stfpulations ex-
listed the alley was a legal one for
residential use.
Owners Got InJunctions
Owners of several alley properties
applied to the District Supreme
Court. attacking the act of Congress
as being unconstitutional. and OBJ
| tained injunctions restra ming the
commissioners from attempting to
close their alley houses
When the case was argued in the
District Supreme Court little effort
was made by counsel for the plain
tiffs to show the measure was un-
constitutional. The chief part of the
argument was devoted to questioning
the various requirements, the lack of
which would result, under the bill
! in condemnation of the property
such as electricity or gas, sewers, etc.
The District Court of Appeals re-
versed the decision of the District
Supreme Court in one of the cases
holding in effect that the rights of
! the owners Of alley dwellings would
be fully protected by hearings in
| Police Court II the Commissioners
should seek by criminal prosecution
, to close the dwellings
Following this decision the Com
missionerS filed several cases in
J Police Court, which are to be heard
! in the near future.
| DisregardS Opinions.
Although Corporation Counse
! Stephens held in his opinion to the
; Commissioners IS months ago, that
/ the presence of any one of the three
| conditions mentioned in the law
would make the alley legal one, he
Evening star., 1925-01-30
SEEKS VOLUNTARY
TRACTION MERGER
Joint Congressional Commit
tee Preparing New Bill
Authorizing Action.

A bill to authorize a voluntary
merger of the street railway and
bus lines in Washington is being
drawn UP by the subcommittee of the
joint committee Of the House and
Senate District committees. The sub
committee met in executive session
today with Col. J. Franklin Bell, En-
gineer Commissioner of the District.
The new measure, it is understood,
is being revised to meet the objec.
tions raised by George E. Hamilton,
president of the Capital Traction
Company and William +. Ham, presi-
dent of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, at a recent hearing
held on the compulsory merger bill of
Senator L. Heisler Ball of Delaware.
chairman of the joint committee. At
that session it was pointed out by
the street car officials that the pro-
visions of Senator Balls bill. which
were designed to force a merger OF
the transportation companies, was
unconstitutional.
Denies Right 10 Use Force.
Mr. Hamilton was emphatic in tell
ing the committee that there was no
law which would allow the manage
ment of the private company to be
taken out OF Its hand and put under
!! the control Of some other body.
He asserted that the paragraph in
Senator Balls bill, which stated that
unless the street railways merged be-
fore July /, 1925, the Public Utilities
: ~ i.
rection of the two organizations and
operate cars over both routes, would
never hold in court. He told the COM
mittee that the only way that a COM
pulsory merger could be put into ef-
feet was for the Government to con-
denim the properties, pay an ascer-
tained value for them, and operate the
line.
Voluntary Merger Possible.
Both Mr. Hamilton and Mr.. Ham
however, said that there was a pos
sibility that a voluntary merger
might be brought about IL the COM
panies were authorized. 1t is with
the, hope that a voluntary merger
may be made that the committee is
drafting the measure giving the need
ed authorization.
Although the bus lines were not in
cluded in the original Ball BILL the
| committee is believed to be in favor
of merging all the transportation IA
cilities in Washington under one head
and it is thought probable that they
will be included.
The committee is scheduled to hold
another meeting to complete the bill
at an early. date. Senator Ball said
, today that they would meet as soon
as additional data on the situation
could be procured.
Evening star., 1925-01-30
Turks Espel Greek Catholic Patriarch
Recently Sent to ConstantinopIe

ernment would not expel the
ecumenicai patriarch from Con-
stantinople in advance of a de-
cision by the mixed commission
for the exchange of populations
regarding the rights of Greek
residents to remain in Turkey.
Constantinos, the METROPOLITAN
of Derkos, was elected patriarch
early in December in succession to
the late Mgr. Gregorius VI. Dis
patches at the time said he had
been warned by the Turkish police
that he was subject TO the con-
vention with Greece for the ex-
change of populations.
Evening star., 1925-01-30

pension of the rules Monday.
Tuesday will be given over to de
bate on the District appropriation
bill.
Wednesday the house committee on
public buildings and grounds has the
call, so that either the s150,000, 600
public buildings bill will be brought
up or an effort will be made TO pass
the Arlington memorial bridge bill
at a cost of s14,750,o 200.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday are
expected to be devoted to the Dis
trict appropriation bill.
Evening star., 1925-01-30
HOOVER AND WEEKS
TOATTEND MEETING
Will sit With Conferees on
Shoals Bill as Request
of President.

Secretaries Weeks and Hoover will sit
with the Muscle Shoals conferees at the
session today at the request of Presi-
dent Coolidge.
Chairman keyts. of the confere es
declared that the President would
be closely consulted before the con-
ference report was submitted &c
Congress.
The chairman declared that since
the bill authorizes the President to
draft lease of Muscle Shoals and
to form a Government corporation
to operate the property If suitable
lease cannot be obtained. "it is
natural that we will attempt to frame
the bill according to his views"
Suggestion Is Accepted.
The conferees accepted the sugges-
ton of the President that the cabinet
momberS sit in at the conference
Secretary Weeks is prepared to assist
the conferees in changing the bill
to meet the needs of national defense
and Secretary Hoover is expected 10
offer suggestions on the fertilizer
rovision.s
The conferees are understood to be
centering their main attention on
section four of the Underwood bill
authorizing the lease of the property
This section contains the fertilizer
provisions of the measure and the
conferees are expected to rewrite it,
This section was reported to be the
only cardinal point in dispute in the
conference and the supporters of the
bill have expressed their hope that
some modification would be made IN
the fertilizer clauses.
Section four was lifted bodily from
the second Norris Government opera
ton bill and was inserted in that
measure by an amendment introduced ID
by Senator Mckellar. Democrat, Ten
neSsee.
Provides for Sale.
The section provides that either the
lessee or Government corporation
shall convert fixed nitrogen produced
at Muscle Shoals and not required for
the national defense into commercial
fertilizer to be sold the farmers al
profit not exceeding | per cent OF
the cost OF production.
The operator would be required &c
produce fertilizer with nitrogen
content of at least 10, 900 tons the
third year, 10000 tons the fourth year
10000 tons the fifth year and 20, 0O(
tons the sixth year. If. after 81,
gen cannot be produced at Muscle
Shoals. except at a loss, opera tions
would cease until Congress made
further recommendations.
Shut Down Not Provided.
The original Underwood bill pro.
vided for the production of nitrogen
for fertilizer to be sold to the farm
ers at a profit not exceeding pei
cent of the cost Of production. anC
required the lessee to produce at Least
10000 tons of nitrogen the first year
10000 the second year, $4,000 the
third year and 10000 the fourth yea
and thereafter. The original bill made
no provisions for shutting dowr
operations II the venture proved un-
profita BILE and would have compelled
the lessee to produce these quantities
of nitrogen during the life of the
lease
The conferees are working on 3
plan to strike medium between
these two sections. The other changes
contemplated by the conferees are
represented to be OF less importance
Evening star., 1925-01-30
Statue of Webster
Gets Cold Bath as
Capitol Roof Leaks

The statue of Daniel Webster in
Statuary Hall at the Capitol-the
hall in which the voice of the dis
tinguiShcd statesman once rang
out with eloquence-receive an
unexpected cold bath yesterday.
Snow sliding from the dome of
the nall punctured the roof and a
stream Of water ran down the in
side OF the dome, drenching the
statue.
Statues of Charles Carroll of
Maryland, stephen F. Austin of
Texas and Samu 4 Adams of Mas
Sachusetts also were sprinkled.
Evening star., 1925-01-30

Continued from First Page.)
tion from the Wheeler case Should
1t ultimately turn out that. the pro-
ceedings were baseless it would be
a subject for debate as to the wisdom
of the appointment and, since the
radicals have been attacking the ju-
dietary right along, they probably
will make the most of the incident
in their next campaign. President
Coolidge stands by Harlan Stone,
however, and has not for a moment
considered Withdrawing the nomina-
ton. He takes full responsibility for
Mr.. Stone just as he does for all his
Federal appointments, and it will be
interesting to see how many votes of
the minority party in the Senate are
cast for Mr Stone.
l'nnrrirh
Evening star., 1925-01-30
NEW TRAFFIC BILL
OFFERED IN HOUSE
Measure Differing From One
Agreed Upon introduced
by Gibson.

Differing somewhat from the traffic
bill agreed upon in conference be-
tween the Senate and House sub.
committees, new traffic bill was in
troduced in the House by Ernest w.
Gibson of Vermont, which is under
stood to represent the views of the
House subcommittee on what traffic
legislation is needed.
Representative Gibson explained
that he introduced this bill in order
that the House may have something
definite to begin to work on" The
subcommittee which is supporting
Representative Gibson comprises Rep
resentative Rathbone of Illinois, Rep
resentative Beers OF Pennsylvania
Representative Blanton of Texas,
Representative Gasque of South Caro-
lima.
Few Changes in As Sections.
The bill contains As sections, but
very few changes from the measure
considered in the Joint conference.
The principal changes are the au-
thorization for designation of arteriaI
highways and equipment of the same
with control lights.
Provision for 500 additional pri-
Yates, one inspector, one captain, two
lfeutenants and not less than 10 ser
Eeants.
Inc chief executive officer, known as
the director of traffic, would be re-
movable for cause and his salary fixed
under the budget instead the definite
sum of $4,000 a year.
Continues Gas Tax.
The Gibson bill continuec the pres
ent registration law under the gaso-
line tax act. 1t also includes a sum-
mary Of rules of the roads"
This bill will be considered at a
special session of the House District
committee tomorrow. at which time
Representative Gibson expects to have
a favorable recommendation from the
committee, so that this measure may
he put on the program for considera-
tion in the House on the next District
daN. February 9.
Evening star., 1925-01-30
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 30.-The Most
Rev. Constantinos, ecumenical pa
triarch of the Greek Catholic Church.
has been expelled from Constan-
tinople. according to a Reuter- dis
patch.
The Exchange Telegraph says he
has been arrested and conducted to
the Greek frontier.
A dispatch from Athens late last
month said the Greek foreign min
lister had been assured by the
turkish minister that his gov
Evening star., 1925-01-30
Four Officers Resign.

The President has accepted the
designations of Sc cond Lieuts. Charles
r. Bennett, United States Infantry:
Worth Harper, Air Service. and
Richard E. Russell, United States
Infantry, and Warrant Officer James
n. Carter. at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Evening star., 1925-01-30
Bank Bandits Get 81, 800.

WINNIPEG, January S0.-After
herdinK the staff of a branch of the
Bank Of Montreal here into the base
ment, two armed robbers seized sl.So0
from the tellers cage and escaped in
an automobile yesterday.
Evening star., 1925-01-30
HOUSE WILL FIGHT
NEW POSTAL BILL
Leaders Challenge Right of
Senators to Establish
Scale of Rates.

AS the Senate was nearing a vote to-
prepared to challenge its right to in
corporate rate provisions in the meas
ure.
With both Representatives Long
worth. the Republican leader, and
Garrett, the Democratic leader, of the
belief that the Senate has usurped
the House prerogative of initiating
revenue legislation, a House ways
and means subcommittee decided
unanimously to recommend passage
by the House, in the event the Senate
approved the Sill, of resolution to
return the measure to the Senate.
New Sees Decrease.
Revision of second class postal
rates in the bill will result in actual
decrease in revenue from this sery-
ice of $1,S40,000 annually, rather than
an increase, Postmaster General New
estimated today, in a letter to Sena-
tor Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi.
one million dollars additional rev.
enue would be raised in this class of
mail from the increase to = cents in
the rate on publications mailed by
individuals.
The reduction made in some of the
seGCnd-Class rates, he said, would not
draw additional pieces into the mail,
and even if it did, the increased cost
Of handling new business would wipe
out any gain.
Senator Moses disa greed with the
estimates Of Mr.. New and insisted
S3,000.0o0 additional revenue would
be gained from the revision of sec
ond-class rates.
Opening debate in the Senate to-
day, Senator Copeland, Democrat, of
New York, declared he would vote for
1t because of the kernels of good
ness 1t contains"
Changes Are Accepted.
Practically all amendments had
been disposed in the Senates sudden
squirt on this bill yesterday, when it
withsJood further drastic attacks on
it's rate provisions. although it's sec
ond-class rates were slightly modi-
fed, after vigorous efforts for re-
duction from the present level had
failed.
Likewise, move by Senator Cur
tbs, the Republican leader, to make
the salary increases retroactive only
TO January l of this year instead of
TO July /, 1924, was defeated.
AS the bill stood after yesterdays
amendments in the Senate, II pro-
vides for an increase from l to 2
cents on private mailing cards and
souvenir postal cards.
Rates on Second Glass.
The second-class rate on reading
matter in publications is placed at
IL cents a pound fiat, and the fol-
lowing rates would be charged on
advertising portions of publications:
Two cents pound for the first two
zones, cents a pound for the third
zone, s cents a pound for the fourth,
fifth and sixth zones, and cents a
pound for the seventh and eighth
zones. Religious, educational and
scientific publications would be al
lowed a fiat advertising matter rate
of IL cents a pound, as now.
The limit OF weight for packages
eligible to third-clsss service would
be cut from eight to four ounces.
No change in present fourth lass
rates would be made, but a service
charge of cents would be levie d
on all packages except those orig
mating on rural routes. A special
delivery service. with a charge of
25 cents a package, would be created.
Senator Moses estimated these serv-
ices would bring in about $40, 900, 900
additional revenue annually.
Evening star., 1925-01-30
Field Named for Flyer.

The Secretary of WaS has named
the flying field at Fort Bliss, Tex.
"Biggs Field" in honor of First
Lieut.. James B. BiggS. Army Air
Service, who was killed in an air
plane accident at Belrain, France,
October ~. 1918.