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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-22
Hot Weather Dont's

DIR. William C. Fowler, Dis
trict Health Officer. today is.
sued a warning for observance
during the present heat wave.
Don't worry.
"AvOid excessive drinking Of
ice water. Avoid over exercise.
Wear light clothing. Keep out
OF the sun as much as possible.
Eat light. nOurishing foods"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-22

The charges against Colonel
Green. according to rumors preva-
lent in Federal circles, will take the
following form:
THAT Colonel Green appropr.
ated countless gallons of Govern
ment-seized liquor for his own per-
sonal use.
2.-That Colonel Green used THIS
LIQUOR at 'wild parties" ct bis
Hotel,
5. That large numbers Of persons
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-22
Dry Chief GaUe Wild
Rum Parties, Claim
By InternatlonaI News seryiee

SAN FRANCISCO July 22Accused of protecting alleged
bootleggng establishments and divertng seized liquor
consumption at parties at which he the host Col Ned
~ Green San Francisco Federal prohibition director today
was facing indictment before the grand jury which will
vene here Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
LABOR BODY PLEDGES
MORE AID TO MINERS
Additional Funds for Strikers
Planned in Response to Appeal
From Union Official.

Steps We're taken at & meetiug. OF
the Central Labor Union last night
TO raise additional funds from organ.
lied labor and its friends in the Can't
tai for assistance of the striking an
thfaclte miners, in response to the
appeal issued by President William
Green and the executive council Of
the American Federation Of Labor.
The local labor body appointed a
committee to cooperate with q COM
mittce named by the Labor Fedora.
ton and headed by My Green to de
wise ways and means for raising q
relief fund
The meeting was addressed by John
r. Colpoys, editor and publisher of the
Trade Jnionist. and James p Eagan
of the Federation Of Labor. Mr. Ea-
gan charged that it had been the in
IGNITION Of the anthracite mine opera
tors from the beginning to bring on
strike and said the miners had been
willing throughout to submit the ques-
ton of wages to arbitration if the
question of coal prices also was sub
mitted.
Statistics We're cited by Mr.. Eagan
showing that an average of 30 900 per
sons annually received injuries in coal
mining and that an average of 500
lives are lost each year.
A resolution was adopted favoring a
mothers pension act for the District
q majority of the speakers favoring
the pending Keller bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
EVANGELICAL SYNOD
HOLDING CONFERENCE
Problems of Modern Pastoral Work
to Be Taken Up at Concordia
Lutheran Church.

The pastoral conference Of the
Evangelical Synod of North America.
serving churches in Virginia, Mary
land and parts Of Pennsylvania opened
at the Concordia Lutheran FIvangeli-
cal Church, Twentieth and G. street
this afternoon with an open forum dis
cussion of the problems in modern
pastoral work. Rev. L. j. Paetzold of
Baltimore conducted the devotional
exercises and Rev. Fred Graeper Of
Annapolis presided
church institute Will be held to-
night. In general meeting starting
at 7:3O o'clock. Rev f. II. kIemme
Of Baltimore Will speak on The Con
gregation and the Church Of Christ -
The group meetings. starting at $40
pm, viii be opened by Rev. Fred
Graeper, chairman Of the conference.
who will speak on Men and the
Church Of Christ" Rev. f. }. Dett.
barn of Baltimore viii address the
women Of the church on women and
the Church of Christ" and Rev. Paul
Schmidt of Baltimore will speak on
Religious Education and the Church
OF Christ" before the Bible school
workers
Rev. F. G. Rueggeherg of BaIti.
more will speak tomorrow morning on
Profits of the Old Testament"
The public is urged to attend these
meetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
BILL PROPOSES QUICK
WAR CLAIM PAYMENT
Newton Measure Would Provide
$250,0O0,O00 Bond Issue to
Settle Judgments.

A bill designed TO bring about
prompt payment Of private American
war claims and return of alien prop
erty held by the Government was in
troduced yesterday by Representative
Newton, Republican, Missouri.
The measure, which proposes a
S250.000, 600 bond issue to settle judg-
ments awarded Americans by the
Mixed Claims Commission, United
States and Germany, embodies a plan
similar to one announced last month
by Secretary Mellon.
Where the Treasury proposal called
for establishment Of q trusteeship and
issuance of Government-guara
trustees bonds to cover the pay
ments, however, the Newton bill pro
vides for issuance of Federal gold
bonds. They would bear Az per cent
interest and mature in 80 years, and
would be issued after. the German
government had agreed to reimburse
the United States for their redemp-
ton. All net payments received from
Germany under the Dawes arrange
ment also would be credited to this
account.
The office of alien property Gus
todian. under the bill, would be abol-
ished as soon as the assets taken
over by the Government during the
war had been returned to their own
erS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
BILL @. K. DELAYED
House Committee Action, Expected
Today, Is Blocked by Amend
ment Flood.

Contrary to expectations. the FL
lott $l65000.000 public buildings
bill. which carries $4,000 600 for
housing Government activities in the
National Capital under five-vear
building program. was not favorably
reported by the House committee on
public buildings and grounds today.
Action was DELAYED by a number Of
amendments offered by members of
the committee in executive session.
The first Republican suggestion
Tor q pork barrel bill came from
Representative TAYLOR of Tennessee,
the ranking Republican on the com
mittee. lie proposed an ALLEGATION
Of the $l00.000.000 for new projects
among all the States on a basis Of
population as shown in the 1920
census.
Representative Almon, Democrat. of
Alabama has an amendment which
proposes that at least 81 600. 900 from
the 100000 900 fund he distributed TO
each State in the Union.
SO many of these proposed amend
ments came up for consideration and
debate that the committee adjourned
without taking any action.
1t ia probable. however, that the
bill as introduced and as fayorably
reported in the Senate, eventually
Will be reported from the House com
mittee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
TRAFFIC DIRECTOR
PAY INCREASE UP
Commissioners Consider
Blanton Bill Raising Sal
ary to $4,000 a Year.

commissioners Bell and Fenning,
sitting in Semi-weekly board meeting
this afternoon, are expected TO adopt
a report on the bill of Representative
Thomas l.. BlantOn which would in
crease the salary of the director of
traffic to $4,000 a year as well as to
place the Traffic Bureau in his con-
troll
Certain features of the proposed leg
islation Will be approved, ii is reported,
hut the Commissioners are not likely
to sanction increase authority for
the traffic director nor indorse the
$4,000 annual salary. Placing the
Traffic Bureau under the traffic di-
rector, it is argued, will divide police
authority, and the Commissioners do
not look with favor upon this plan.
The Commissioners have given con
siderable study to the measure. Con
ferenCes have been held with Mai Ed
win b. Hesse. superintendent of police:
Traffic Director NJ. O. Eldridge, as well
as Corporation Counsel Francis II.
Stephens and Assistant Corporation
Counsel Ringgold Hart.
Although Commissioner Rudolph
viii not be present at the board meet
ing, he has expressed his views on the
Blanton bill to Commissioner Bell.
Mr.. Rudolph is in Miami. Fla, spend
ing 4 Today vacation at the Winter
home Of Samuel j. Prescott.
The board meeting is usually held
AT 10 o'clock, but was deferred until
this afternoon to permit SECRETARY
Daniel f. Garges to attend a wedding
Commissioner Bell also was called to
the Capitol to attend the hearing
on Mr.. Blanton's 5-cent street car fare
bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
TAX CASE TAKEN
TO SUPREME COURT
Right of State to Set Arbi-
trary Date Before Death to
Ban Gifts Is Fought.

By the Associated Press.
The right OF States to specify the
time in which gifts shall be consid-
cred as having been made in antici-
patton of death, and therefore subject
to an inheritance tax, was argued
yesterday before the Supreme Court.
The issue came before the court in
an appeal by the executors of the es-
tate of Ferdinand Schlesinger Of Wis
consin, who within a few years of his
death made gifts to his wife and chill
dren totaling Approximately $6,500,-
600 out OF an estate of about $500 :
600. The Wisconsin law under attack.
which provides that such gifts within
six years of death shall be construed
as made in anticipation Of death, was
upheld by the lower courts.
Counsel for the State pointed out
that Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Missouri. North Carolina,
North Dakota. South Carolina, Ten
nessee and West Virginia all had such
laws. Those Of Arizona and North
Dakota, he said fixed the same time
limit as the Wisconsin law, while the
others made the period five years or
less.
Members of the court showed inter
est in developing whether donor
could anticipate by six years the date
of death, but the State insisted that
1t was necessary for some arbitrary
time to be fixed for the effective adj
ministration of the taxing laws. hold
Ing that the only issue was what
constituted a reasonable time as dis
closing the purpose Of the donor.
Counsel for the estate argued that
statute was arbitrary, irrational and
unreasonable, and therefore invalid,
The fact that gifts We're made within
six years Of death, the estate con
tended. was not evidence that they
had been made in anticipation Of
death and no state could give them
that status by legislative declaration.
The Wisconsin attorney told the
court that States were experiencing
much trouble in enforcing inheritance
taxes because OF attempts to avoid
them by gifts, and explained that
those of Schlesinger had been made
within Ala and years of his death.
when he was about 20 years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19

Roland S. Robbins, chief rabban; Gen.
Amos A. Fries, assistant chief rab-
ban; George Is. McGinty, high priest
and prophet; Edwin G. Dutton.
oriental guide; Frank L. Ghiselli,
treasurer, and f. Lawrence Walker.
recorder. Members elected to repre-
sent local ShrinerS at the Imperial
Council TO be held next June at
Philadelphia We're ]. Harry Cunning
ham, Arthur T. Cook. Mr. Lawrence
and L. 2. Stewart William Mont.
gumery, George l.. Fleming and
Thomas Z. Gerald were elected trus-
tees.
Plans were discussed at the meeting
for the entertainment of thousands
Of Shriners and their families who are
expected to visit Washington incident
10 attending the Imperial Council at
Philadelphia. The meeting also heard
reports of officers and committees for
the year.
Mr.. Shackelford, the newly elected
potentate. is a member of the Wash
ingtOn Board Of Trade and the CITY
Club, past master Of Lebanon Lodge.
past high priest of Eureka Chapter,
past commander of Columbia Com
mandery, No. ,. Knights TempIar, and
a past monarch of the Grotto. He is
active III the odd Fellows order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
DEBTS MAY Be CUT
TO HALF A BILLION
Funding of Three Now Being
Considered Would Make
$11,750,778,473 Paid.

Should the American Debt Commits
sion succeed in negotiating agreements
with Greece. Jugoslavia and France,
whose representatives are now in
Washington, less than half n billion
dollars out of the more than IL billion
dollars owed this Government in war
debts, would he left to be funded
This was revealed at the Treasury
today in a tabulation of war debts as
of December 81. 1925, which showed
that in case the three more settlements
are reached, $11,750, 778, 47339 out of
the total of $l2,058.616 ,99419 owed
would have been funded. The sum of
1907 1913, 520.S0 remaining comprises
the obligations of countries from which
the American Government does not
expect to hear at an early date
The largest of this little group of
five nations, whose debts are placed
in the category of hopeless" for the
present at least is Russia, where no
government is recognized by the
United States. Russia owes $780,
99I ,401S6
The $31,272. 42l62 debt of Austria
has been placed in the deferred class
by act of Congress, which granted a
moratorium to that government for
20 years
Armenia, where there is no govern
nent now, owes SIS, 459, 1881 -; Liberia,
S33,4l8.S5. and Nicaragua, $50 .090.2S
Meanwhile the Americans are
awaiting word from Athens, request.
ed by the Greek delegation which
took the stand that it had no author
lty TO proceed with funding their debt
OF $4,000, 900 unless an additional
loan of $33. 900 is granted under
the original credit
The Jugoslav commission, at the
Wardman Park Hotel. has paid its
respects TO both Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon and Secretary of
State Kellogg, but today there was
no announcement at the Treasury as
TO when the next meeting would be
held.
The new French Ambassador
Henri Berenger, is expected to pre-
sent his credentials to the White
House and State Department soon,
and will later on, it is understood
approach the Treasury concerning
the French S4,304 ,0l2,277 debt to the
United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
OPPOSES GOODING BILL.
Esch Presents Case for interstate
Commerce Body.

The Gooding bill TO amend the trans.
portation act in manner intended
to take the railroads out of the field
of close competition with water car
riers was opposed by Commissioner
John j. Esch of the Interstate Com
merce Commission before the Senate
interstate commerce committee yes
terday.
Commissioner Fsch presenting n
statement opposing the bill, when
was Concurred in by six other mem
hers Of the commission. told the com
rnittec 9 Of the II members of the
commission were against the measure,
which would prohibit the charging Of
a higher rate by railroads for short
than for long hauls. such prohibi-
ton, Mr.. Esch said. was unnecessary
and in many cases might prove de-
cidedly harmful to industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
JUVENILE COURT
PLANS ENDORSED
Monday Evening Club Backs
Amendments to Bill After
SiddonS' Talk.


J"9'lo" FREDERICK l.. Siddons, chair
man ~ me committee on public We
lafe IegIslauon, speaking at meeting
OF tn" Monday Evening Club in tbs
Hut, Grace Dodge Hotel last night
explained the amendments to the
juvenile Court bill drawn up by his
committee, which are now pending In
Congress- The club, ny a vote Of IS
70 :, Endorsed the amendments.
The most important Of tho armand
mcnts proposes that the JuveniIe
Court and It's Jurisdiction be based on
chancery rather than on criminal law
principles Of procedure; that the age
limit Of children subject to Juvenile
Court jurisdiction be raised from II -
- years; that the committing power
of the court be ENLARGED 10 enable the
court 70 place Il child with a guardian
Of the same religious beliefs: that the.
words neglected. dnuerda-7t and de.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
By the Associated Press.

RACINE, Wis, January 19-Be-
cause he had been refused a job
James Rogan, a farmland, took his
rifle and fired into two NorthShore
electric trains. running between Chi
caEo and Milwaukee. at a lonely spot
three miles north of here last night,
he admitted TO the authorities today.
Two passengers were wounded, one
of them, NJ. J. Shifris, Chicago, in the
rear of the head Mrs. William Ed
munds of Racine was graZed on the
forehead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
NAMED ON POWER BODY.
Capt. Klotz to Be D. c. Member of
Special Committee

Cant. f. CT. Klotz, engineer of the
Public Utilities Commission, has been
APPOINTED by the Commissioners to
act as the District representative on
a committee which is to inquire into
the feasibility of establishing a Gov
eminent central power plant in Wash
ington To supply electric current to
the various Federal departments.
Headquarters of the committee are
in the Office Of the chief co-ordinator
Of the Bureau OF the Budget. The
committee is n special one, and Capt.
klotzs appointment is indefinite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
''Black Disc With Vivid Flames on Edge"
Is Observers Picture of Suns Eclipse

expectedly some one shouted: Go; to-
tality has begun
THE next 1870 seconds were like a
crowded hour; there was no sound but
the steady count of seconds and the
click of the Photographic apparatus
The fortunate observers looked for a
few seconds on the amazing spectacle
"a jet black disc with vivid red
flames here and there on the edge sur
rounded by streamers of the corona.
The sky near the sun was ALSO
lutely cloudless; pale moonlight and
blue stars were visible. Suddenly the
edge flared blindingly and the eclipse
of 1926 was over"
The observers said that the plates
thus far developed were good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
Reward of 81, 900 Offered.

A reward of $1,000 was offered by
the city council several months ago.
following the death of the second
woman, and still stands.
During last September, October and
November the Police Department of
the city received almost nightly calls
from various sections Of the city re-
porting renewed attacks by the club
Der on investigation, however. many
of these were found TO be erroneous,
many women having imagined they
had seen the Clubber. For several
nights citizens of the city organized
hunts for the clubber and paraded the
streets armed with pitChforks. clubs
and other improvised weapons. The
American Legion Post here aided the
authorities in the search. A dozen or
more suspects were arrested. but all
were released. as there was no evil
dence to warrant their prosecution.
For months many Teledo women
have feared to venture on the streets
alone after nightfall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
Second Boat officer Dies.

WILMINGTON, y. G., January II
N).-Joe Windlinedale, engineer Of
the o Berry Lumber Co. towboat tha,
was found drifting in the cape Fear
River last week with the engineer and
captain unconscious in the tightly
closed cabin, victims of monoXide POI.
soning. died yesterday. Capt. Groom $
death occurred Yesterday. and il was
thought that Windlingdale would re
cover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
ROTARIANS TO DINE.
Debate on Community Chest Will
Feature Program Tomorrow.

y debate on the ACCESSIBILITY of a
community chest for the District of
Columbia will feature dinner meet
ing to be held by the Rotary Club to-
morrow night in the small ballroom
Of the Willard Hotel at $50 o'clock.
The dinner is being held in place of
the usual club luncheon.
The community chest question will
he debated by John Ihlder of the
council of social agencies, for the af-
firmative, and William Knowles Coop
er for the negative. a musical pro-
gram will be given.
An auto from spare airplane parts
has bee nmade by a Partisan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 19.-The Daily
Mail prints a statement by the British
observers of the recent solar eclipse
as witnessed at Bencoolen. Sumatra,
by Prof. r. r. Aston and c. r. David
son.
For 80 minutes before totality the
clouds seemed to be thiCkening every
where, and were especially dense over
the American observation station on
the hill, but as the crescent of the sun
became narrower the clouds began to
thin.
photographic plates were handed
round" said the observers, then un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19

Mrs. Charles T. Burgess. Capt.
Mitchell. d. c. Smith and s. P.
Brakeman.
Committee on membership-Mrs
II. Seymour Walcott. chairman;
George Pitt, Mrs. Z. c. Ochsenreiter,
Mr.. Gibson and Arthur B. Craig.
Committee on police and fire pro-
tection-Maj. Gen. Robert II. Allen,
chairman; W. r. Tuckerman, Fl.
Bradley Davidson, Mrs. Elvin r.
Heiberg, Thomas T. Mott, II. Sey-
mour Malcott and Eugene E. Stevens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
WARMEST JAN. 10 NOTED.

NORFOLK, Va. January 19.-Nor
folk Yesterday was visited by the
warmcst January 8 recorded here
since 1876. according 10 official Weath
r~ luseau records In nearing a RED
ord which has stood for half a cef
fury. the mercury climbed To 81 de-
Cree~. only l degree below the mar
set in 1876.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
Man Refused Job by Railroad Fires
Into Electric Trains, Wounding Two

panic stricken when the bullets show
cred them with shattered glass.
Sheriff Martin HerZog arrested Ro-
gan a few hours after Shifris was
wounded in the second attack He
WAS questioned for an hour before he
admitted the shooting Herzog said.
Rogan told the sheriff he had APP
piled to the railroad for a job and had
been refused.
80 l thought I'd fix them the
sheriff quoted him, Il didn't want to
hurt any people; I just wanted to
scare the road so they'd give me q
job or quit operating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19

N''i4t4Hutd iitHi f4iNt dE'.'
special groups OF trained citizens com
bined with police to patrol every sec
ton of the city.
Women frightened by the lurking
fear. saw the clubber in every shadow.
Central police station was flooded with
calls. all of which were investigated.
Police blamed the hysteria for all
the reports Of smuggling after the at
tack on Mrs. Bachelor They asserted
that the first six cases were the only
authentic ones.
Since late i'll November the city has
subsidized from fears of the cIubher.
but they We're brought to the fore
again today with the death Of Miss
Handley. Thomas Kelly, Miss Hand
ley's former husband. was questioned
by the police, but was Immediately re-
leased. Another man was being held
for f1Irf her. ulgStipDiuy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
U. S. Ship Line Is Sold.

The Pacific Argentine-B Brazil Line
was sold by the Shipping Board to-
day to the Mccormick Steamship Co.
of San Francisco.
The vote in the board was unani-
nous and upon recommendation of
President Crowley Of the Fleet Corpor-
alton. The company guaranteed to
maintain the service for five years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
MERGER CASE HEARING.
Charge Against Baking Corpora
ton Set for February s.

Public hearings in the bread mer-
ger case involving the continental
Baking Corporation OF Baltimore VIII
start in New York City before Fed
eral Trade Commission examiner
February s. They viii continue Tor
several months in New York and
other cities.
The corporation is charged in a
complaint issued by the commission
with lesseninE competition and Great
ing a monopoly in the sale of bak-
ing products through the acquisition
Of controlling stock in number OF
baking companies in the East, Mid
west and West The corpora ton
has denied the charges and contend
ed that the nature of the industry
makes impossible the creation of
monopoly in it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19

Almas Temple at
the annual meet
ing of the MOBILES
Of the NJ Y S I i {
Shrine last night
at new Masonic
I Q IN pl e audito-
rum.
The new poten-
tate, who has been
acting poteutdte
since the death of
tIenry Lansburg h,
VAS iT mediately
installed in office
with Other officers
for the year elect
ed at the $ q III q
time.
O t h e = officials
F.,t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
{. D. SHACKELFORD
HEADS SHRINE HERE
Elected Potentate of AImas
Temple at Annual Ses-
sion Last Night.

Charles d. Shackelford, prominent
in Masonic and real estate circles, was
receiving congratulations today on his
election as illustrious potentate of