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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-27

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Evening star., 1926-04-06

the general uplift of the House.
Pretty soon the lower branch will be
sort Of ladies' sewing circle. The
House will look askance at the petty
chickering's and fusses in the sup
posedly august Senate.
Representative Cotton Of Utah had
the temerity to refer recently to the
Senate as another body" and also to
refer to some things said in the Sen
ate in connection with the present
tariff investigation. Whereupon
Brother Tom" Connally arose in his
place
Makes Point of Order.
II make the point of order, he
said, that the gentleman is referring
to transactions in the Senate and is
criticizing and rejecting upon what
has happened in the Senate. The
rule is very plain that criticism of the
Senate cannot be made in this house. "
Then the discussion began and
finally the presiding officer stated:
THE rule provides that 1t is not
in order in debate upon the floor of the
House to make reference to an eX-
listing Senate in this Congress, but 1t
would be in order as to Senate In
q preceding Congress"
Representative Jim Begg of Ohio.
Evening star., 1926-04-06
DEPRIVED OF SHARE
IN MORTON MILLIONS
Fathers Claim on Bequest to Dead
Heir Of Late Vice Presidents
Widow Rejected.

Winthrop c. Rutherford, father of
Lewis Morton Rutherford, is excluded
from participating IL the one-twenty-
fourth interest OF his son in the estate
Of Mrs. Anna L. Morton, widow Of
Levi p. Morton, former Vice President
OF the United States and former Gov
ernor of New York. The estate in
wolves several millions. The District
Court of Appeals in an opinion by
Justice Robb yesterday, sustained
this finding Of the District Supreme
Court.
When the son died Winthrop c.
Rutherford set up a claim to the in
terest of his son, but the lower court
held that under the intentions of the
testatriX, as shown by her will, the
share Of the deceased son should
descend to his brothers and sister, to
the exclusion of the father. The laws
Of the District of Columbia control the
case. says Justice Robb, since Mrs
Morton in her will described herself
as 'of the District of Columbia and
the trustee, the American Security
and Trust Co., is here.
Evening star., 1926-04-06

the Senate floor in recent weeks GER
tain Senators have let the world
know in unmistakable terms exactly
what they think of certain other
Senators. Senatorial courtesy has
gone by the boards.
But in the House, it is to be differ
ent. The Senate and all it's works are
to be sacred.
LOngworth's Vow.
Speaker Longworth, when he as
sumed the purple robes of office at
the beginning OF the present session
Of Congress, said it was going to be
his purpose to make the House of
Representatives the greatest and most
respected legislative body In the
universe. He said the Republicans
alone could not do this, much as he
believes the Republican party to be
infallible. He asked for the help Of
the Democrats, and according to
some of the party leaders, the Dem
ocrats have done nothing but help
the Speaker ever since. A day in
the House at the present time Is
about as quiet as church service.
Perhaps the digging up of the old
rule about not criticizing the Senate
is a part of the Longworth plan for
Evening star., 1926-04-06
AUGUST SENATE FINDS HAVEN
FROM CRITICISM In HOUSE

strued as derogatory to the Senate is
uttered upon the floor Of the House.
All of which has started some talk
that may be Brother Tom" has his
eyes fixed on the Senate for some time
in the future.
Fair Prey Elsewhere.
Elsewhere in the United States the
Senate is considered fair prey for
piercing shafts of criticism. Some oc-
cupants Of the White House even
have been known to say a few harsh
words about the greatest deliberative
body in the world.
The present occupant, not being a
talkative person, has said little about
the Senate, but there are occasions
when a silence may be more express
Sive than words.
Vice President Dawes let's no occa-
sion pass--no proper occasion--with-
out saying something about the
Serate-something as a rule whicn
the Senators do not like. Even on
Evening star., 1926-04-06
By Consolidated Press.

The Senate of the United States at
last has found q friend. There is one
place in the country where the Senate
cannot be criticized. 1t is not in the
Senate, itself, as might be supposed,
but in the House Of Representatives.
Some one has discovered an old rule
in the House which forbids the lower
branch or the National Legislature
from even discussing anything the
Senate has done or has not done, any
thing the Senate has said or has leTt
unsaid.
The rule has been invoked, too. and
there has been pretty wide discussion
on the floor as to whether or not the
Senate can be discussed. Brother
rom" Connally Of Texas has hurled
himself forward as the friend and pro-
tector OF the Senate. IN times gone
by the rule generally has been over
looked, but Brother Tom has prom
ised to be on guard in the future and
see that nothing which could be con-
Evening star., 1926-04-06
FIND RICH PANAMA ORE.
British Concessionaires to Exploit
New Mineral Area.

LONDON, April 6 CP9.-The Daily
Mail says an enormously rich
mineral area" has been discovered in
Panama and that a company of
British capitalists has received a con-
cession to exploit it.
The paper gives as its authority
Henry Mond, son of Sir Alfred Mond
and IL director of the Panama Corpo-
ration, Limited, recently formed with
q capitalization of e. 100000
J. j. Calderwood, engineer for the
corporation, has just returned from
Panama, reporting, according to Mr.
Mond, that the expedition he headed
discovered a mineral field as large as
the famous Rand gold field of South
Africa. and holding immense posi-
bilities.
Evening star., 1926-04-06
THE EVENING (, TUESDAY, April 1926

who is nurturing the Longworth
boom for the Senate, insisted the RUE
only meant to cover derogatory re-
marks. He said that almost daily
somebody used the word Senate" In
respect to something.
The chair once more stated, how
yer, that the rule holds it to be a
breach Of order to introduce anything
which might have been said In the
Senate. 1t was quite generally
agreed Mr.. Cotton was not saying any
thing particularly derogatory to the
Senate, but thereafter he had 70
leave the word Senate severely out
of his speech.
Evening star., 1926-04-06
Pushing Plans for Spring Dance.

J. Jesse CLANCY yesterday announced
the names of the Institute Of Bank
ing's committee for the Spring dance
to be given at the Willard on April IT:
They are selected from the board OF
governors and include Joseph ID. Yer
kes, chairman; Miss Catherine kre1g.
women's committee; Miss Lois White,
alumni association: A. r. HenZe,
board of consuls; Elmer O'Hara, class
of 1925. This will be the first affair
Of the kird the institute mas given.
Evening star., 1926-04-06
STRANGE HISTORY
OF LIGHTING GIVEN
Smithsonian Scientist Goes
Back to Time When Threats
Were Torches.

The history of lighting from such
crude beginnings as when the Shet-
land ISla nderS made q tOfch-lamp by
sticking a wick in the throat OF The
very fat stormy petrel forms the SUD
iect of an interesting manuscript just
completed as the fruit of years OF
research by a Smithsonian scientist.
The author Is DR.. Walter HouSh,
head curator Of anthropology in the
National Museum, which is admins
tered by the Smithsonian.
DIR. HoughS account reveals that
animals have Played SuIprlSllSI!
large part in furnishing light to man
A very fat little fish called the candle
fish is burned like the stormy petreI
by the Indians OF the northwest coast
OF America. in the tropics OF Amer
lea the natives used to build cages
TO hold the great light-bearlng beetle,
or freely. for illuminating purposes.
Whales and Seals Used Most.
But whales and seals have made
the largest contribution, or cour.G,
in supplying lamp tucl. Up 10 the
discovery OF petroleum III quantities
in 1853, they provided the major por-
ton of the world ) lamp oil, with
the result" as Or. HouGh pats II,
that the lamp was rather device
for increasing Christian forutude
than dependable producer OF HSht.
Or. Hough has devoted years TO the
collection ana study OF artlhcial nSnt-
ing objects until the collection now
in the National Museum is probably
without a peer. Henry Ford has made
a hobby OF the collecting OF such OBJ
jeCts and he now has a very excellent
series OF specimens.
The reVoluuoniZed factor in illuml-
nation DR.. Hough finds to be the
solution OF the problem of draft for
lamps by Il Swiss engineer named
Argand in 1882. George Washington
had some of the Argand lamps at
Mount Vernon. These are now in the
National Museum historical collec-
tions
Torch War Light.
THE tocrh,' said DR.. Haugh, lis
associated with war; destruction,
pomp and barbaric festivities. The
ECandle symbolizes peace, domestlclty
and contemplation of religious things.
The lamp, in turn, stands for wisdom
furnishing Feeble light to aid the keen
eyes of philosophers and poets. In
modern times the torch becomes a
Photograph OF the adyenturings of
science into new fields of research,
the lamp stands for education, while
the candle is sIdetracked to the service
Of luxury and ritualism."
DR.. Hough Is also an authority on
heating and on the broader subject OF
lire. He has prepared a monograph
on fire with It's Fascinating body OF
folk lore and mythology. In g paper
on heating ne gives first credit tC
Benjamin Franklin for the adaptation
Of the stove TO coal. "Franklin," he
says, saw that the problem was to
provide an efficient draft and pro.
ceeded to work it out on scientific
lines in 1742 for wood-burning stoves
and 40 years later for coal stoves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
L. S. HELD NOT INVOLVED.
Italian Spokesman Declares Pact
Scope Is Limited.

ROME, August II P).-The Italo-
Spanish treaty recently signed at
Madrid has a purely European and
North African scope and contains no
articles referring directly or indirectly
to North or South America.
This assurance was given by gov
eminent spokesman today following
editorial comment to the effect that
the treaty would permit cooperation
between Spain and Italy against
militaristic, commercial and political
penetration of South America by the
United States.
Neither in the Mediterranean nor
in South America" the government
spokesman said, does the treaty
affect the United States. America 8
right, as q signer Of the Algeciras
pact. to a voice in the Moroccan and
Tangier settlement is unimpaired. but
we are intensely DESTROYS Of seeing
1t used
while the treaty does not specifi-
cally provide for joint Italo-Spanish
action in South America, 1t is natural
that the intensified friendship of the
two countries will also result in closer
cooperation in that field.
But the newspaper commentators
who speak of such action being
directed against the United States do
not represent the government view
point. Italy has no imperialistic in
tentions or desires in South America
Just as there is room politically
for every one. including England, in
the Mediterranean, there is room eco
nomically for all OF us in South
America. especially Latin nations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
RITES AT CEDAR HILL
FOR HARRY w. TAYLOR

Funeral services for Harry w. Tay-
lor, Al years old, president of Harry
w. Taylor, Inc, and of the Becker
Paint and Glass Co. who died Sun
day at his residence, 2633 Adams Mill
road, were conducted today by Rev.
John G. Palmer, rector Of Washing
ton Heights Presbyterian Church. fol-
lowed by interment in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. under auspices of mem
bers of the Scottish Rite Temple.
The pallbearers were Duncan F..
Powers, Samuel f. Stonebraker,
DR.. Samuel Ginsberg. George Pitt,
Charles Morgan, S. w. Loetsch and
Samuel Zirkin.
Mr.. Taylor was active in District
civic and philanthropic enterprises
and was a member of Lafayette
Lodge. Almas Temple. York and Scot
ish Rites, Columbia Commandery,
Board of Trade. City Club, Manor
Club, Civitan Club and vice presi-
dent Of the Lions Club.
He Is survived by his wife, Mary
Edna Taylor; a daughter. Frances; a
sister. Miss Edna Taylor; an uncle,
Eugene Taylor, and his mother, Mrs.
Frances Taylor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
GANGMAN |SSLA|N
BY LONE AVENGER
Louis big" Smith Believed
Marked by Chicago Clan for
Stein Murder.

by the Associated RresS-
CHICAGO, August 11.--Louis Big
Smith. known as q gunman imported
from New York two years ago as the
bodyguard of a Chicago bootleg chief.
tain, was killed last night when gang
ster shots for the second time in a
day threw a business district into
uproar.
The forty second death since Jan
uary attributed to gang warfare was
complished his purpose where a hand
full of his kind had failed in theirs
earlier in the day in a running pistol
fight before Michigan boulevard
smart shops.
Smith was dropped on a southside
street by four bullets, fired by a man
who drove up in an automobile
emptied his weapon and sped away.
Police regarded the Staying as re
venge for one of two murders with
which the big gangsters name had
been linked and for one Of which he
was under Indictment. On his death
bed Isaac Stein, "Alky" chief, named
Smith his assassin and Smith was
one of the first men arrested after
the recent killing of Jules Portuguese
bootlegger. gem thief and underworld
rival of STEMS.
Smith. detectives said, was virtually
an outcaSt in gangdom because of his
cold blooded methods. He had en-.
gagged in liquor hijacking, robbery, ex
tortion and paid killing during his
brief reign over a gang here, officers
said. and boosted Of the number of
men he had bumped off, He once
served at Sing Sing for robbery.
Attack on Drucci.
In the attack on Vincent Drucci
which damned traffic on the Boul
Mich and sent pedestrians Scurrying
the authorities saw a revived effort
of liquor gangs to wipe out the thin
ming clan Of Dion OBanion, himself
slain two years ago.
Drucci was known as the Irish gang
lords right-hand man and from the
nature of the shooting police took it
to be a planned assassination rather
than a robbery attempt, The gangstel
said his aSSailants were after $13, 00C
he had
Startled by bullets from an auto
mobile. Drucci ducked. numbered his
gun and routed the machine after an
exchange which took heavy toll OF
plate-glass shop fronts and wounded
& pedestrian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
BELLS ASSISTANT
T0LEAvE CAPITAL
Mai. w. H. HoIcombe Order.
ed to New Orleans After
Three Years Here.

Mai. William Henry Holcombe, as
sistant District Engineer Commits
sioner, was transferred by the War
in the Fourth Mississippi River Dis
trict, in New Orleans, thus cutting
short by almost one year his four
year detail with the District Gov
eminent He will proceed to his
new post later this month.
Mai. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief OF
the Corps of Engineers of the Army,
advised Lieut.. Col. J. Franklin Bell,
Engineer Commissioner, that he re-
GREETED to deprive the District OF
Mai. Holcombe at this time. but
that the interest of the service de-
handed it,
Merit Is Recognized.
In selecting an officer for the detail
in New Orleans, Gen. Jadwin said
that it was necessary to take into
consideration the. fact that this posi-
ton calls for the consideration OF
many important engineering problems
and an officer of known ability and
good Judgment.
The successor to Maj. HolCombe is
expected to be announced In a
few days. according to advices Col
Bell has received from the War De-
partment.
Commissioner Bell announces the
loss of Maj. Holcombes service with
regret He has been Of real assist
ance to me, and / am sorry to see
him leave" he said.
Mai. Holcombe has been a liasior
~ ,k,~i< n ia =
and the Board of Education. in add
ton to performing numerous other
duties in the engineering department
of the municipal government. He has
been in charge of the acquisition oil
school sites and rendered valuable
service in finding property for the
erection of buildings for the gigantic
five-year public school building
program. He also has worked with
Warren Is. Hadley. electrical eng1-
neer of the District, in developing
the program of modern street light
ing now under way.
Had Other Important Work.
Among his other duties were tC
supervise the municipal construction
projects. act as transportation and
property officer of the District and
represent Col. Bell at budget hear
ings before the Bureau of the Budget
and Congress.
Maj Holcombe is a native OF
Washington. having graduated from
the Force Elementary School and the
Western High School. He stood al
the head of his class at West Point
and was detailed to be Assistant
Engineer Commissioner in June
1928, coming from Fort Humphreys
Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
DRIVERS BLACK LIST
IS DUE FOR APPROVAL
City Heads Said to Favor Publicity
in Cases of Revoked
Permits.

The plan Of Traffic Director Nj. @.
Eldridge to make public biweekly the
names and addresses of automobile
drivers whose permits have been re
voked or suspended is expected to he
approved by the Commissioners at
their semi-weekly board meeting Fri
day.
The commissioners considered the
proposition yesterday and referred II
to Corporation Counsel Francis H.
Stephens for an opinion as to its ie
gality. Mr.. Stephens is understood 10
have given it his approval.
Engineer Commissioner Bell alread}
has given his Endorsement TO the IDEA.
"The names and addresses of motor
lists whose privilege to drive has been
taken away is a matter Of public In
terest. it seems to me-" he said. ana
I think they should be published
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
Two Training Airships
Travel Over Capital for
Two Hours.
Practice Flight Takes
Them From Base at
Langley Field.

Two training and observation non
rigid airships of the Army Air Corps
paid a two hour visit to the Capital
around noon today while on a prac-
tice flight from their base at Lang
ley Field, Hampton, Va.
The ships, bearing the designations
"TC-5" and "TC-9," arrived at Boiling
Field about 1880 o'clock, were hauled
down to earth by all available per-
sonnet at the field and held" for sew
eral minutes. Then they took Off for
a tour of the city.
Shaking off their military dignity
the non-rigids, also known in the
heavier-than-air branch of the service
as rubber cows" cavorted about the
city. dipping and looming and sending
down to earth a penetrating drone
from their four engines. One in par
ticular demonstrated it's ability by
dropping to within a few hundred feet
of the tops of buildings and then
shooting up at an acute angle.
The ships cfrcled the Capitol and
Monument several times and after a
farewell tour of the city departed for
their base. Two officers and two en-
listed men occupied the cabins Of each
air vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11

the unexciting task of washing her
clothes.
She was greatly disappointed over
the failure OF Omer Perrault, the
Canadian Channel aspirant. Col. Der
nard Freyberg. the English World
War hero. and the others to duplicate
her feat. Perrault's tug went ahead
too fast and disappeared. so he re
turned.
Col. Freyberg wore a peculiar black
costume which he declared was water
proof. Ii reached from his chin to the
soles of his feet, having a collar reach
ing up to the lower tip OF the ears. &c
which was attached a rubber band
that crossed the top of the head. The
costume had long, tight sleeves. also
stocking legs. Under that he wore a
shorter costume, and over all this a
thick coat Of grease. His wife accom-
.. panied him to the shore.
Roth Freyberg and Perrault warm
lv congratulated Trudie on her feat.
You we're splendid" said the Eng
nsh army veteran. Il hope l can dc
as we'll
Trudie was truly grieved when she
learned that neither had succeeded
hut more sorry for Perrault. Tor Col
t,revberg's preparation was far more
q
own. A.,
Monday night she walked to the
water to wish Godspeed TO her frieno
Helmy, the Egyptian swimmer. wht
was accompanied by Georges Michel
the recent Paris marathon winner
This French swimmer had attempted
TO swim the Channel seven times be
fore. The two men started swimming
together. using the same tug, the
Alsace. which had accompanied
Trudie. Their lack of success FUR
Their distressed Trudie.
Col. Freyberg. when he was agar
forced to give up after nine hours
swimming. returned here. where his
wife met him and burst out crying
saying: My poor darling boy my poor
darling boy"
All of the near dozen swimmers
congregated along this line OF coast
and the several at English coast points
are due 10 start again any day now
as the hest days for Channel swim
ming will soon be over.
fcopsrieht. 1925 by Chicago Tribune New
Serv1oe.}
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
RUM FIGHTS TAKE
BIG TOLL IN SOUTH
Three Dead, Two Reported
Killed and Two Others
Wounded in Battles.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, A ug u $
11.-Three known dead, two reported
killed, two men critically wounded
and one man reported missing was
the toll from the two encounters be-
tween rum runners. hi-jackers, boot
leggers. Coast Guardsmen and Fed
eral agents in Florida in the past five
days.
Three alleged viOlatOrs of the liquor
law were killed in a pitched battle
with seven Federal prohibition agents
on a lonely Everglades road near
Homestead, when they pursued ana
opened fire on the agents. who were
returning to Miami after series or
raids on stills in the Everglades.
Two of the men killed were former
police officers of Homestead recently
removed from office by Gov. Martin
and the Dade County grand jury.
Two Wounded on Ship.
Cant. Bob Puntz and Leorse Gun
way, cook of the British rum runner
Hazel f. Herman, were brought to
St. Augustine hospital Monday criti-
cally wounded as q result of battle
at sea. The two men say they were
attacked by hi-jackers and in the re-
sultant exchange Of shots two men i'll
the attacking party were killed.
The schooner was taken in charge
by Coast Guard patrol boat after the
two men wounded had been removed
by a shrimp fisher.
Five additional Coast Guard vessels
left their bases in Miami and Key
West Monday night and today were
patrolling the vicinity of the battle to
prevent a recurrence of clashes.
Boatswain r. l.. Cokely, commander
of Coast Guard boat No. 2O2, who
Yesterday left his craft in the harbor
at Fernandina in a navy seaplane
piloted by Capt. George Gay, who was
missing. returned today.
Plane and Ships Battle.
Residents of Jacksonville Beach re-
ported having witnessed three cor
nered battle between three vessels
and a seaplane short distance off
shore yesterday.
At Savannah. Ga, where the cap
tured Hazel T.. Herman was conveyed
by coast guardsmen, customs officers
were reported to have found several
hundred cases of assorted liquor and
several barrels of alcohol aboard the
vessel.
Members of the vessels crew said
the schooner was en- route to Nova
Scotia, her home port, after having
been released at Mobile. Ala. by Fed
eral authorities.