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The Washington times., 1926-05-17

THE CoRCoRAN GALLERY OF ART
Will be closed until further
notice for the rehabilitation
Of the permanent collection
Evening star., 1926-12-07
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

Senator David Ignatius Walsh Of
Massachusetts, who won undying
political fame this year by defeating
the only Senator President Coolidge
asked the people to give him, has just
won another notable victory. He is
easily the handsomest of the new
crop of Senators Just sworn in. And
sartorially the giant-statured gentle
man from the old Bay State takes
rank with the best the Senate can
boast. Senator Willis of Ohio Is
..swell' dresser, as they say on the
stage. and he has found that being
correctly and impressively groomed
helps a lot in platform work on the
chautauqua and county fair circuits.
cousin Tom" Heflin of Alabama
also is a dandy dresser, but somehow
or other that f1aring yellow waistcoat
he wears takes off about 80 to 80 per
cent from his rating. Still he has
right to be considered, especially be-
cause of his general statesman-llke
bearing and the heavy silken cord he
wears on his reading glasses.
There are other good dressers in
the Senate, too. Even Senator
Charley Curtis of Kansas, the major
ity leader in the upper house, appears
this year in newly pressed and neatly
striped trousers as an adjunct to his
black coat and vest. Whether the
busy Kansan will have an opportun-
ity to have the trousers pressed again
during the short session is something
which time alone can tell. In any
event they have started off well-night
sartoriaIlv perfect. Y
Evening star., 1926-12-07
NAVAL INVENTOR SEES
TWO "ENEMIES" OF U. S.
Great Britain and Japan Pictured
as Seeking to Gain Advantages
Under Arms Treaty.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 7.-Great
Britain was pictured as potential
and Japan as natural enemy of
the United States in an address by
William B. Shearer, inventor of a tor.
pedo boat and an amphibian tank be-
fore the Government Club. Both ma
tions were charged with spreading
propaganda to prevent the legal con
struction of sea arms that would
maintain the 5-5-3 ratio of the Wash
ington conference.
The British and American naval au
thorities, the inventor asserted, are
convinced that Japan is building sea
weapons in secret. She is building
with feverish rapidity every type of
warship not invaiidated by the Wash
ington conference, he declared.
Causes behind the alleged adverse
condition of the American Navy
Shearer said, were the attitudes of
newspapers toward printing articles
on national defense, the ''pacifist ele
ment," which he accused of putting
the soft pedal" on naval matters at
Washington, and propaganda by for
eigners interested in hampering the
development of an adequate American
Navy. In this last phase, he said
American women had become the
strongest fighters against national de-
fense.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
Senator Walsh, Recent Victor at Polls,
Wins Place In Ranks of Best Dressers

But, all in all, Senator David Walsh
appears to be entitled to first prize.
His cut away coat fits him like the
paper on the wall. 1t evidently is the
product of some very expensive Back
Bay tailor. A lot of folk seem to have
got the idea somewhere that Senator
Walsh is a rough and ready tyne.
That is far from the truth. He is just
about as "h gh brow" as they come,
even in Boston.
During the morning "line-up" to
take the oath Of office in the Senate,
Mr.. Walsh easily led all competitors,
and was well dressed enough to offset
the rather careless mode of his col
league from New England, the new
Senator Gould of Maine. Senator
Gould is very tall and rangy, a real
rugged man from down east" There
was great sympathy for him as he
stood there at the bar of the Senate,
proudly prepared to take the oath,
with. crowded galleries looking on, and
then was compelled TO stand in line,
like a prisoner facing a jury, and
stem to what was virtually a public
Indictment read against him. Senator
Walsh of Montana, inveterate prose
cutor Of the Senate, sent a resolution
of investigation to the desk just at the
proudest moment in the life of the
gentleman from Maine. The resolu-
ton was out of the ordinary in that
it contained details of charges broughc
against the new Senator. The read
ing required many minutes. Senator
Gould looked straight "at the reading
clerk all the while, and said afterward
that he was not embarrassed, but uu-
questionably no more embarrassing
thing could happen to a man just at.
tanning his political ambition.
Evening star., 1926-12-07

ceived by Robson in concurring in
the lease. Robson had represented
to the Secretary, he testified, that
drainage by adjoining wells would Sc
riously affect the Navy's oil in the
reserves, and for that reason alone it
would be advantageous to undertake
the December II, 1922, contract. in
which the Doheny concern would be
given a preferential right at drilling
and operating the reserve. Roberts
hammered away at the point that 1t
was not necessary to take precautions
against drainage from adjoining wells
at that time, but the witness would
not agree with him entirely.
Through Mr.. Barneson, Mr.. Hogan
endeavored to show the jury that this
company did not desire the No. 1 re-
serve lease, and, further, that it was
paying much lower royalties for opera
tion of a smaller lease in No. 2 reserve
than the Doheny company was. Gov
ernment counsel objected, and five
conferences were held at the bench.
resulting finally in the exclusion of
this testimony. The Government has
asserted that other operators of leases
were paying "exorbitant" royalties,
while the Pan-American Co. paid
much smaller percentages.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
EIGHT BREAKFAST
WITH PRESIDENT
Political Significance in Con-
ference With G. O. P. Sen
atorS Denied.

The White House today was the
scene of another breakfast conference.
the fourth the President has held so
far this Winter. The Presidents
guests today were the following eight
Republican Senators: Hale, Maine;
Moses, New Hampshire; Phipps. Colo
rado; Fess, Ohio: Metcalf, Rhode Is
land; Golf, West Virginia; McMaster.
South Dakota. and Pine. Oklahoma.
1t was said after the breakfast th9t
there was nothing sitinificant attached
to the conference. and that while the
more important matters of legislation
likely to come up at the present
session of Congress were discussed in
formally, the principal object of the
gathering was to promote good fellow
ship and afford a chance to get better
acquainted.
Senator Edge of New Jersey, who
saw the President later, took up with
him again the question of the par
ticipation in the celebration in Tren
ton December 29 to mark the 150th
anniversary of the Battle of Trenton.
The New Jersey Senator was inclined
to think the President would find 1t
convenient to be present.
Senator Edge also took up with the
President the reappointment Of f. /.
Cox of New Jersey, whose term on
the Interstate Commerce Commission
shortly will expire. The Senator feels
confident Mr.. Cox. whose record, he
said has been a splendid one. will be
given another term by the President.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania is
known to be trying to land this post
for one of his constituents, w. V.
Ainey, chairman of the Puslic Service
Commission of Pennsylvania.
Allen Moore, Republican national
committeeman from Illinois, in a brief
conference with the President today
told him the agriculturists of his
State are extremely anxious that
something be done in the way of prac-
tical relief during the present session
of Congress.
Mr. Moore said afterward that he
found the President very sympathetic.
He was accompanied to the White
House by Representative Hull ot
Illinois.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
WITNESS FEES AND TRAVELING
EXPENSES $500 IN OIL CASE
Conservative Estimate Quoted at Mar
shal's Office, With Declaration Govern
ment Is Getting OFF Cheap at Price.

It is costing the United States Gov
ernment approximately $3,500 in wit
ness fees and travelling expenses for
witnesses summoned here to testify in
the conspiracy case now in progress
against Albert B. Fall. former Secre-
tary of the Interior, and Edward l..
Doheny, wealthy California oil man.
This is the most conservative est1-
mate quoted at the United States
marshai's office. "At that" it was
said, 1.-The Government is getting off
pretty cheap"
The Government called S5 witnesses,
many aof them from California and
other distant points. Each witness
is paid 50 a day until discharged
whether he testifies or not. In addi-
ton of this modest sum, the Govern
ment must allow him cents a mile
for travelling expenses to and from
Washington.
Walsh Cannot Collect.
Senators Thomas j. Walsh of Mon
tana, chief prosecutor in the oil inves-
tigation, and Senator Irvine L. Len
root of Wisconsin were witnesses at
the trial. testifying under a subpoena.
But they won't be able to collect 81 a
day from the time they reported to
the court. The Government doesn't
pay it's own employees or officials
witness fee when summoned in a Gov
ernment case. But if they are COM
PEELED to travel any distance in re-
sponse to a summons they can put in
a claim of cents a mile each way.
In this case, however, the two Senate
witnesses cannot collect a cent for
their trouble.
AS result of the regulation deny
ing fees to Government employees, the
Governments expense bill has been
cut down considerably. DR.. HI. Foster
Balm, director of the Bureau Of Mines,
however, is an exception. He has
spent some hours on the witness stand
Evening star., 1926-12-07
AUCTION TOEND
RUMMAGE SALE
Child Welfare Society to Dis
pose of Most Valuable.
Articles Tomorrow.

In an effort to dispose of the entire
stock of the Child Welfare Society
rummage sale, rs of the most valuable
pieces will be auctioned at c. G. Sloan
Co.'S store, 715 Thirteenth street, at
II o'clock tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile, the goods that remain
at the rummage sale store in the old
are being sold at greatly reduced
prices today in an attempt to clear the
counters by this evening.
Variety of Articles.
Articles to be sold at the auction
tomorrow morning include a set of
eight chairs, a lacquered japanese
sewing box, oil paintings, mirrors and
frames. The sale will be conducted
by the Sloan Co. at it's store without
any commission, and the entire
amount realized by the auction will
be added to the proceeds of the sale
for the completion of the society's
endowment fund.
1t was at first planned to conduct
the rummage sale for seven full days.
December l through December 8, with
a one-day recess, Sunday, but the
the general committee, under Mrs.
Breckenridge Long, decided to make
8. strenuous effort to "sell out" before
closing time this evening. To aid in
this clearance the prices on all the re-
naming goods have been materially
reduced.
TearoOm Open Today.
The tea room that is being operated
in conjunction with the sale is open
for business this afternoon, as usual,
serving tea from 4:30 to $50 o'clock,
and hot coffee and waffles during the
lunch period Immediately after noon.
Miss Suzette Dewey is chairman to-
day Of the debutante committee OF at
tendants who serve in the tearoom.
Miss Dewey and Miss Allison Roe
bling, chairman OF the daily COM
mittees, will be the hostesses.
Forty-five hundred dollars has been
realized by the rummage sale and
tearoom during the five days, 1t
was said by Mrs. Long this morn
ing. With the clearance sale under
way today and the auction tomorrow,
the general chairman expressed con-
fidence in the raising of well over
$4,000 for the endowment fund OF
100000, which is nearing completion.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
NONRESIDENT BAN
UPHELD BY CITIZENS
Central Association Opposes Pro.
posed Change in Selection Of
Commissioners.

branding as an affront to the citl-
zenry Of Washington the proposal TO
permit the selection of non-resldents as
commissioners, members of the Cen
tral Citizens Association, at a meet
ing last night at the North Capitol
Bank, voted to express to Congress
their unanimous Endorsement OF the
present law governing the appoint
ment of Commissioners.
'"There is a wealth OF material 1or
commissionership among the business
and professional men OF the District,
said John G. Mcmahon, secretary of
the association, land the proposal to
make it possible to name men whose
interests lie in other parts of the
country should not receive serious
consideration at the hands of Con-
gress." Mr.. Mcmahon expressed the
belief that Commissioners should be
named from the rank of those who
have been active in promoting the well
fare of Washington. Robert H. Nc
Mackin, H. c. Reinhardt, Charles Du-
rand and others supported this view.
1t was voted to ask the District
Commissioners to install one of the
new traffic light systems at Massachu-
setts and New Jersey avenues. and
to arrange for either traffic lights
or traffic police direction of traffic at
North Capitol and II streets, North
Capitol and K streets and First and
H streets.
Francis de Sales Ryan, president,
and Mr.. Mcmahon, were elected dele
gates to the meeting of the Board
of Education to be held next Monday
night at the Franklin School.
1t was voted to elect to honorary
membership the pastors Of the various
churches within the territory of the
association. Support of the associa-
ton was pledged to James G. Yaden,
newly elected president of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
FARMERS SHOP EARLIER
THAN PEOPLE IN CITY
Increase in Number of Out-of-Town
Shoppers Also Noted by
Merchants.

Farmers and residents of the small
er towns and villages within a radius
Of 25 miles Of Washington have
greater advantage of the early Christ
mas opportunities offered by Wash
ington merchants this year than have
the residents of the city, according
to Edward ID. Shaw, secretary of the
Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation, who said today that a sur
Vey of the downtown stores shows an
unparalleled increase in the number
of holiday purchases made by out-of-
town shoppers.
Farmers, or at least their wives,
realize that early December offers the
best possible buying opportunities, he
added "They like TO make their
selections from complete stocks and
when the regular employees of the
store have plenty of time to consider
their needs"
The displays which are being Of
fered by Washington merchants this
season have attracted to this city
shoppers from many villages and
farming communities which ordi-
narily do not make the Capital City
their shopping center. he declared.
Evening star., 1926-12-07

A model showing the Elk Hills.
Calf, naval oil reserve has been in
stalled in an unused room adjoining
Criminal Division l of the District
Supreme Court for the benefit of JUS
tice Adolph A. Hoehling and the jury
in the Fall-Doheny trial.
When certain geological questions
come up during the hearing it is the
plan of Frank ]. Hogan, chief coun.
sci for Edward L. Doheny, accused
oil man, to have judge and jury ad'
iourn to this exhibition room. The
dignity of the court need not be i'm
paired, since the room in question is
one of the old discarded equity court
rooms. with seats for judge and jury
from which they can watch the
demonstrations Of counsel.
The model is a work Of art, about
13 feet by Z. and placed on S-foot
base. 1t is an exact reproduction OF
Evening star., 1926-12-07

under summons from the defense, and
If he wishes he can collect.
If Mr.. Doheny happens to be put on
the witness stand as a witness at his
own trial, the multimillionaireo oil man,
who told the Senate investigating COM
mittee that his 100000 loan to Fall
meant no more to him than $25 would
mean to the average man, might be
entitled to put in a claim for 81 fee,
provided he is called by the Govern
ment counsel.
Question Of Defendant.
The United States marshal's office
has never been confronted with the
question of paying a defendant a wit
ness fee in connection with his own
trial, and no one at the United States
attorneys office would venture a rui-
ing or an opinion.
No one has attempted to put in cold
figures the cost of the present trial to
the defense. The defendants, Fall and
Doheny, have to pay all the expenses
incidental to their defense. Witnesses
summoned by their counsel must look
to the defendants for their fees. They
are compelled to pay the expenses to
and from Washington of all the wit
nesses brought here in response to
their summons. Even the Govern
ment officials and employees called by
the defense may collect from them.
But these incidental" expenses are
only a drop in the bucket for Mr..
Doheny. The millionaire oil man un-
folded a tale of huge fees paid by him
to former members of the cabinet and
other legal lights when he appeared
before the Senate committee. Conse-
quently, his socalled ''million-dollar'
defense is hardly an eXaggeration. The
oil defendant already has paid out
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
attorney fees and other expenses since
the prosecution of the Government s
civil suit. The end is not yet in sight.
Evening star., 1926-12-07

Continued from First Page)
from the Government, under which,
Government counsel charges, he an
ticipated a profit of 100000.
When court reconvenes tomorrow
it is expected that Lionel 7. Barneson
of Los Angeles, president of the Gen.
eral Petroleum Corporation. will re-
sumo his testimony. officials of four
other oil companies named in the in
dictment as having been desirous of
obtaining leases on the Elk Hills re-
serve also will be called by the de-
fense.
Various character witnesses, includ-
ing Federal Judge Benjamin f. Bled-
soc of Los Angeles and John McCor-
mack, the singer, are to be called by
the defense tomorrow. The Irish tenor.
an old-time friend of Mr.. Doheny, is in
New York today, but has notified Ho-
gan he will appear to testify at any
time convenient to the court.
J. G.. Anderson, president of Do
heny's Pan-American Petroleum Co..
also will be one of the early witnesses
called by Hogan. There was no as
surance from Mr.. Hogan today that
he would call Admiral Gleaves. who
was commander of the Asiatic fleet
during the time of the so-called "war
scare" of 1921, when the Navy Depart
ment urged Doheny to undertake the
Pearl Harbor construction work for
carrying out the naval war plans.
Robson Ends Testimony.
Capt. Robson, who had been on the
stand for virtually two court days,
was excused yesterday afternoon, after
contributing by his testimony and
conduct one of the high lights of the
trial. In fact, his appearance on the
stand was rivaled only by one other
witness, DIR. H. Foster Balm, who
like Robson, underwent a long and
tiresome direct examination and then
was grappled by Mr.. Roberts for an
even longer period in a fiery cross
examination.
Robison's parting testimony yes
terday afternoon included the state
ment that if he had known Doheny
had forecast a profit of 500, 600, ,000
for himself out of the lease on the
naval oil reserves, he would have
done lots of things" What these were
Mr.. Roberts did not give the witness
an opportunity to state. Capt. RObi
son, however, quickly turned from
the impression that might be con
veyed by his statement and stoutly
defended the lease. explaining the
Navy would "get lot yet" and ven
turing the assertion that the profit
from the contract eventually would
go over the $5O,00O,00O mark. Mr.
Roberts doubted this seriously and
asked the witness to itemize the
profits expected. When Capt. Robson
had gotten to $6,00O,000 the subject
| was lost.
Roberts sought to show that DENLY
| was not inclined to make any private
leases, quoting the former Navy Sec
| retary as saying: "The matter o.
| leases is dangerous. Oil is full o1
dynamite and 1 don't want to have
| anything to do with it." Robson
verified this quotation and when Rob
erts said that DENLY eventually die
have something to do with oil, the
witness replied:
Proud of His Policy.
HE did, and 1 am proud Of it."
The Government prosecutor en-
deavored to show the jury, through
the witness, that DENLY had been de
Evening star., 1926-12-07
CHILD, 8, CARRIED AWAY
RETURNING FROM SCHOOL
Search Begun for Girl Picked Up In
Automo mobi1e-Parents Are
Divorced.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, December T.
Sheriff Howard B. Fields has been
asked by Mrs. Thomas f. Samuels
of Jewel Station to institute search
for her S-year-old granddaughter, Eve
lyn Samuels, who was picked up by
a woman in an automobile as she
was returning from the Carne School
yesterday.
Six years ago the parents Of the
child were divorced in a Rockville
Md, court, and the grandmother was
awarded it's custody. The descrip
ton furnished the police Of woman
in the car by n workman who saw
the child taken away, fits the mother
it is said.
The automobile bore a Massachusetts
license, but the last heard of the moth
err was from California. The father
is said to be a resident of Phila
delphia.
Sheriff Fields has wired police in
all of the nearby big cities.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
SIDEWALK CAFE BAN
IS FOUGHT BY FRENCH
Flock of Protests Follows Order in
Nice, and It May Be
Rescinded.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NICE, France, December 1.-THE
municipal council has discovered it is
playing with fire to try to deprive in
habitants of the city of traditional
sidewalk cafes. which Americans
think so charming In Europe.
The council first posted an announce
ment that sidewalk cafes no longer
would be tolerated in the city, but this
produced such an uproar the an.
nouncement was withdrawn. Thou
sands of citizens went to the town
hail to defend the cherished institu
ton and a petition signed by 5000
voters was sent to the mayor within
four days.
Then the council decided to change
the law so that cafes occupying more
than one-third of sidewalk space would
be banned, but this proved almost as
unpopular.
Now the mayor has promised to sec
what he can do, but the council is re
ported firm in it's decision to stand by
its guns.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
Model of Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Installed as Aid In Fall-Doheny Trial

the celebrated Elk Hills reserve as 1t
was in 1924. Tiny oil derricks show
the sections adjoining, leased by the
Belridge, Pacf1c, General Petroleum
and Standard Oil companies. Tanks
and various other structures, in min
iature form, give the inquisitive WIS.,
itor an exact idea of how the oil re-
serve would look from an airplane.
Edgar c. Snyder, United States
marshal, is custodian Of the room
and the model is being carefully
guarded until it becomes necessary
to call in the judge and jury. Mr..
Hogan and Government counsel have
been demonstrating certain points on
a blackboard chart, showing the To-
cation Of various wells. The model,
however, is believed to be more prac-
tical. It was produced by ]. T. Ed
wards, who was assisted in preparing
it by engineers and biologists.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN.
Washington High in List of so
Cities Showing Increases.

Washington stood high in a list of
so cities whose total postal receipts
for November increased over the re-
ceipts for that month last year, ac-
cording to an announcement by Post
master General New. The percentage
of increase in Washingtnn's postal re-
ceipts was 1928. Total receipts for
the so cities amounted to $31 .SGS. .452. .
an increase of almost two million dol
lars over 1925.
Fort Worth led the Southern cities,
with an increase of 34.39 per cent. At
lanta was second, with $3.50, and Day
ton third, with 1853. Increases in
other cities were: Baltimore. sos per
cent; Dallas, 8.19; Louisville, 9.93;
New Orleans, 2.33: Richmond, 12.47;
Memphis, 2.65; Houston, 69G. and
Jacksonville. 3.6S The so offices Sc
lcctcd represent about 50 per cent of
the total postal revenue of the United
States, according to the Postmaster
General,
Evening star., 1926-12-07
PASTOR HEADS COLLEGE.

NEW YORK, December @.-Rev.
DR.. Avery A. Shaw has rendered to
the congregation his resignation as
pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist
Church in Brooklyn, to assume the
presidency of Denison University, at
Granville, Ohio. He indicated that
he soon would present his formal res.
ignation to the church board, but will
not assume his new post until next
September.
He intends to make survey Of the
leading educational institutions OF the
country next Spring, in preparation
for filling his newsoffice.