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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-22

The Daily Worker Fights:
For the Organization of the IN
organized.
For Labor Party.
For the 4o-Hour Week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04

of 80 States show higher rates, while
the highest, 90.4, appears for Mary
land and the lowest. SIP, for Oregon.
These figures, based on returns to
the Department of Commerce, do not
include Massachusetts and Utah. Fig
ures for several cities of Importance
also are missing from the report, but
the gaps have been filled in from the
statistical report of infant mortality
for 1925 as compiled and published
by the American Child Health Asso-
citation. New York City. The vital
statistics goal of the Department of
Commerce is every State in the
registration area before 1880"
One of the first tangible steps to-
wards attacking the problem will be
taken tomorrow afternoon when the
committee of eleven" composed of
representatives of health agencies in
Washington, and appointed by the
Advisory Council of the Council of
Social Agencies, reports on the cost
of items it will recommend for an
increased health program here. In
cluded in this program Is a provision
for increasing the child hygiene health
staff of the Health Department, and
enlargement Of prenatal work which
now is being carried on at q limited
degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
IMMUNITY ASSAILED.
Blease Offers Letter in Diplomatic
Traffic Disputes.

Exercises Of diplomatic immunity in
traffic matters by attaches of embas-
sizes and Legations is assailed In a
letter to Senator Cole Blease of South
Carolina, which Senator Blease had
printed in today's Congressional
Record.
The letter, from an unnamed friend
of the Senator, declared that an at
tache of the Hungarian legation had
lodged a complaint against a police
sergeant because he had inquired
about the attaches use Of dealers
tags on a private car and about al
legged parking violations at the lega-
ton.
Exception was taken to the ser
geants inquiries by persons at the
legation" the letter said, and to the
police officers announcement that he
intended to make report on the mat
ter to the State Department.
This officer" the communication to
Senator Blease went on, was the rep
resentative of his city, his govern
ment, and because he had red blood
in his veins he would not be cowed
by even foreign attache. The result
will no doubt be that this sergeant
will be either fined, transferred, de.
NOTED or some penalty imposed on
him for doing what any real American
would do"
Senator Blease did not put into the
Record the name of either the police
man or the author of the letter to
him. Accompanying the letter, Sena-
tor Blease placed in the Record with
out comment from himself, news
paper clipping of other recent traffic
cases involving persons connected
with embassies and legations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
PLANS UNDER WAY TO CREATE
GREATER BOTANIC GARDEN
Architects Requested to Confer on Con-
struction and Development at New
Site Authorized by Congress.

Acting under instruction Of the
Joint committee on the library, David
Lynn, architect of the Capitol, today
wired William E. Parsons of the
firm of Bennett, Parsons and Frost,
Chicago, to come to Washington as
soon as possible for conferences with
George w. Hess, director of the bo-
tanic garden, so as to prepare plans
for the greater botanic garden on
the new site authorized by Congress.
The joint committee on the library
t0k this early action in order to
expedite the carrying out Of the
botanic garden removal as au-
thorized in the act now before the
President for his signature and
which he late yesterday referred to
the budget bureau One of the first
things to be determined will be the
exact site for the Bartholdi fountain
in order that it may be promptly
removed to allow work on the Meade
memorial to be completed.
Committees Cooperating.
Both the Senate and House commit
tees on the library, the Fine Arts Com
mission, the director of the Botanic
Garden, the architect of the Capitol
and the director of public buildings
and public parks are all cooperating
in the plans for the Botanic Garden
development.
AS soon as Mr.. Parsons, who is q
landscape architect, has completed his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04

trated by three charts hanging on the
wall of his office. These charts are
mute but emphatic reminders of the
need for greater care by all users of
the streets.
They contain the name Of every
person killed in traffic mishaps In the
city for the three-year period, the date
of death and the cause.
Unless there is an immediate and
radical change in the tactics OF the
drivers in question, citizens will not
have to look far If they decide to re-
spond to possible pleas of employers
for reports of recklessness.
Evidence of WantOn Driving.
While on his way 90 the District
Building to confer with officials, this
observer saw the following exhibitions
Of recklessness or wanton carelessness
on the part of light truck drivers:
At Twelfth street and the Avenue
the delivery car of a florist was COM
ing south on Twelfth street. AL
though it was midafternoon and pedes-
trian traffic relatively heavy at the
intersection. the driver, desiring to
turn around to go north on Twelfth
street, pulled over to the line painted
on the street and drove through both
safety zones on the west side forcing
woman and child to jump aside to
avoid being struck.
Completing his turn, the driver
found himself behind a group of Pc
destrians within the white lines. AL
though the traffic regulations gave
the pedestrians the full right of way
under conditions prevailing, the driver
began an incessant blowing Of his
horn. which scattered them in all
directions. The traffic code specifies
that safety zones are not to be entered
by vehicles at any time, but this
driver succeeded in passing through
three out of four. two Of which were
occupied at the time.
High Speed Of Truck.
Leaving the District Building, q
light truck owned by an automobile
repair establishment was seen travel.
ling eastward on the Avenue at a
rate of speed that could not have been
less than 80 miles an hour. Blowing
his horn, the operator weaved
dangerously from one traffic lane to
another, passing one car on the right,
another on the left and crossing the
intersection at Thirteenth street
without the slightest decrease in
speed
Issuance Of the 1927 license plates
WHICH CLEARLY NcS1SHdtc tLio AAEht NC"
livery vehicle by the letter "B" will
greatly facilitate the police efforts in
"a continuing campaign against these
drivers.
This has been particularly true in
the past in the cases of cars which
bear type designation clearly on the
license plate, such as H for taxi, L
for livery, etc.
While the 1927 tags have not been
issued and the police will be without
the assistance they would offer, Maj.
Hesse is not letting this interfere in
any way with ordering relentless war
on this menace until it is brought
under reasonable control.
Officers awheel and afoot will begin
early tomorrow morning on the cam
paign, with the public generally con-
fident of immediate and far-reaching
results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
YELVERTON RITES SET.
Business Associates Will Bear
Body to Grave.

The funeral of w. E. Yelverton.
Washington newspaper man, who died
at Ell PasO, Tex, Friday, will be con-
Quoted from the Joseph Gawler fu-
neral apartments at 2:30 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. Rev. Charles r.
Warner of st, Adams Episcopal
Church will conduct the services at
the mortuary and at the grave in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mr.. Yelverton's friends and business
associates will be represented by the
pallbearers, who will be James L..
Wright, William Hard, Kemper
Cowing, James l.. Bray, Horace Epes
and G.. G.. Marshall.
Mr.. Yelverton died after q. long i'll
ness. He left Washington about a
year ago. going to the Southwest in
an effort to regain his health. He had
come to this city in 1913 as the local
correspondent of the Raleigh News
and Observer and of the Savannah
Morning News. Subsequently he be-
came associated with several news as
sociations and press bureaus until two
years ago, when he became an as
sistant to Secretary Of Commerce Her
bert Hoover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
DEAFNESS BLOCKS
SOLOMON JUDGMENT
Judge Gives Compromise Verdict
Over Baby as Movie Test
on Women Fails.
By the Associated Press.


DETROIT, January 4.-Partial
deafness on the part Of one of the
lttigants resulted in failure yesterday
of the motion picture camera to aid
in a King Solomon-like decision in
Municipal Court here.
The decision revolved about the
claims of Mrs. Irene Marcot and Mrs.
Julia Pryzla for custody of the 4-year-
old daughter of Mrs. Pr'yzla, who was
adopted at birth by Mrs. Marcot
Judge Vincent NJ. Brennan, unable to
decide which had the better claim,
brought the camera into court to
record the mother love emotions of
the pair.
At a. hearing of the case recently,
Judge Brennan told the women he
probably would decide that neither
should have the custody Of the child
who, instead, would be placed in a
public institution.
AS the announcement was made,
the camera was set in motion to
record the reaction Of the two women
to such q verdict.
The pictures were thrown on the
screen in the court room, and showed
Mrs. Marcot expressing extreme
anguish while Mrs. PryZla'S express
sion was rather of stolid bewilder-
ment.
1t developed, however, that Mrs
Pryzla Is partially deaf and did not
understand the judges announcement
at the time. The experiment a
failure, Judge Brennan rendered q
compromise verdict by which the
women will have joint custody Of the
child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04

Continued from First Page,)
phis, 162,3O0, rate of 107; Nashville.
11s.s00. rate of ct; Dallas. Tex, 1885,
900, rate Of 101; Houston, Tex, 1913 200,
rate of SO, and San Antonio, 161 300,
rate Of 1876.
However, statistics do not show any
city in the United States with a popu-
lation in excess of Washington pos
sessing a higher infant mortality rate
than 81. Only one dangerously ap-
breaches it, and that is Buffalo, with
a population of SOC, 700, ranking as the
eleventh city and rated at Sc.
The other ranking cities and the
order of their population, together
with the infant mortality rates, are:
New York City, first, 5,620,000, rate
ga; Chicago, second, 100000, rate rs;
Philadelphia, third, 10000 rate II;
Detroit, fourth, $4,000, rate n; Cleve-
land, fifth, 10000, rate &c: ST. Louis,
sixth, 772.800, rate 81; Boston, sew
enth, $4,000, rate IS; Baltimore,
eighth, 733.S00, rate 80; Pittsburgh,
ninth, $4,000, rate 80; Los Angeles,
tenth, SIG 500, rate CT; San Francisco,
twelfth, 5O6.60o. rate So, and Milwau-
kee, thirteenth, Asst 100, rate 81.
Another angle from which Wash
ington may be compared is as fol-
lows: Take the total population Of
IL cities, in order of their rank,
beginning with Baltimore, the eighth
and ending with Seattle, the goth.
which, by the way, for $4,000
population has a rate of As. Ex-
Guiding Washington, strike the aver
age population Of these II cities and
it will be found to be about 100000. or
Il no
trict. The average infant mortality
rate for these IL cities is "a. or 10
per 1000 under that for Washington.
Authorities on child and public
health work do not hesitate in at
tributing the large mortality rate
of some cities reported as being
responsible, in a large measure, to
the poorer class of colored people.
Statistics themselves tend to bear
out this statement, also.
Washington, of course, has larger
percentage of cOlored people than any
other city in the country within the
400 600 class or over. It's percentage
is given at 253 by the Census Bureau.
There are only six other cities, all
Southern. too, with a higher percent
age. and all of them 900 or over.
They are: Atlanta, 200,600, per cent,
31.3; Memphis, 1862, 300, per cent, 37.7;
Nashville, 118,300. per cent, 30.1; New
Orleans, 3s7 200, per cent, 26.2; Nor
folk, 115 200, per cent, 37.6, and Rich
mond. III 900, per cent, 31.5. These
cities, too, had a higher infant NOR
tally rate than Washington.
All other cities larger than Wash
ington have a much lower percentage
of colored population, according to
Tho ne,,St1s figures The white birth
rate in Washington for 1925 was 67.5,
and the colored, 1911. The number
of white live births in the District
was 6,313, while the number Of deaths
was APO. The number OF colored
live births here during that period
was 2,S60 and the number of deaths,
375.
Infant mortality rates for 1925
were generally higher than those
for 1924, and this statement includes
the District of Columbia. Nineteen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
RAIL VALUATION CASE
BEFORE SUPREME COURT
$50, 600, 100000 Estimates of In
terstate Commerce Body at
Stake in Trial.

By the Associated Press.
The valuation, representing approx
imately $4,000, 100000, which the In
terstate Commerce Commission must
place upon the 1900 railroads of the
country today is at issue before the
Supreme Court.
The case, which was won by the
Los Angeles and, Salt Lake Railroad
in the lower court and Is in the stage
of oral argument on appeal by the
Government before the highest court,
is regarded as q test of all the valua-
ton work of the commission, which
has been proceeding for several years
under an act of Congress.
Directing to the figure of $45 ZOO, 900
placed upon the railroad, Charles r.
Hughes yesterday insisted that the
whole system of valuation by the COM
mission was erroneous and should be
discarded. Government counsel argued
that the commission had faithfully
carried into effect the intention of
Congress. and had properly proceeded
to value the railroads of the country
for rate-making purposes.
In view of the Importance of the is
sues presented the court allowed adj
ditional time for the oral argument Of
the case, and 1t will be concluded to-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
SE|BERL|NG SUED
FOR S1,311,416.S
Goodyear Company Charges
Former President With
Misuse of Funds.
By the Associated Press.

AKRON, Ohio, January 4.-The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. today
filed suit against F. A. Seiberling. it's
former president, for $1,311, 416.96.
charging fraudulent Misrepresentation
of company funds.
Two amounts are named in the suit,
1921. 154.45, with interest from Novem-
Der /, 1919, and $1,000, 262.51. with in
terest from December 81. 1919.
The $1,030.26251 represents money
which Seiberling is alleged to have
fraudulently caused the Goodyear Co.
/ to pay out in improvements for Good
year Heights allotment No. 2. This
money, it is charged, should have been
paid by Soldering personally.
Today's action is one of the ever
increasing number of legal suits and
counter suits being filed by common
and preferred stockholders and d.
rectors of the reorganized Goodyear in
battle for control of the company.
Control now rests with the Dillon
Read banking interests, which handled
the financing of the company upon it's
reorganization six years ago. Seiber-
ling is one of the stockholders voting
trustees said to be seeking to regain
control of the company he founded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04

study and recommendations, the H.
brary committee will meet again to
receive his estimate of cost for the
new conservatory and other buildings.
1t is contemplated that in the mean
time funds will be made available in
the Legislative appropriation bill,
which Is now being drafted, for &C
curing the two squares south of the
present location, on which it is pro-
posed to lay out the new Botanic
Garden.
Makes Personal Inspection.
The joint committee on the library
today made a personal inspection of
the historic frieze in the rotunda of
the Capitol. There was considerable
discussion regarding the proposed
completion of the frieze, some mem
bers arguing that as it is an histori-
cal record OF the country. certain
space should be left blank for future
great achievements.
There was also considerable de-
bate as to what great events in the
history of the u. s. should be in
cluded in the unfinished portion as
well as the material in which It
should be completed. and what artists
should do the work. The joint com
mittee on the library will hold
another special meeting soon to give
particular study to the frieze prob
lem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
POLICE COURTS GET
LARGER REVENUES
Increase of $7,789 Over
1925 ShoWn-Number of
Cases Gains Heavily.

Police Court Golfers were increased
by $7,7S9.79 over the revenue obtained
in fines in 1925. official figures made
public today by Frank A. Sebring,
chief clerk, reveal.
The increase in revenue was great
ly surpassed by the number OF cases
filed during the year just ended over
the preceding one as evidenced by 49,
$50 more cases filed in 1925.
The smaller proportionate revenue
is explained by Mr.. Sebring as being
due to the cessation OF jury trials
during the Summer months while
question Of law was argued.
The total amount of revenue OBJ
tanned by the financial clerk during
1926 was S461 .660.47, against $685.
S706S for 1925.
Total number of cases filed Iase
year were 1920. against 1857 for
1925.
Divided into the various branches
of Police Court the revenue and num-
Der of cases filed in the two years
are as follows:
1926-United States, s111.695.53; Dis
trict, $349 .964.94; United States, TO-
991 cases; District, 25,3l9 cases, and
40 ,939 traffic cases.
1925-United States. 1894 (of
which S14,401.75 comprised traffic
revenue): District. $314.39485 (of
which sos ,292.70 comprised traffic
revenue); United States, 10,209 (of
which 1850 comprised traffic cases),
and District, SO, ASS (of which 23,347
comprised traffic cases..
All cases were handled by the four
regular Police Court judges, with
the exception of a substitute from the
Municipal Court during sickness. Tho
great volume of business is proof
enough for much needed room and
additional judges, Mr.. Sebring stated.
Already there are more than 1000
jury cases pending"
The yearly increases are attributed
to traffic and prohibition regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
"ANGEL OF POOR" DIES.

CHICAGO, January Pl.-Miss
Leila Hoghteling, heiress. who as a
volunteer welfare worker. became
known as an angel of the poor,
died here Sunday. Physicians said
she might have lived had she been
willing to give up an interchangeable
campaign of charity.
Miss Houghteling, 81 years old. was
the first Chicago girl to go to Green
land TO assist DR. William Grenfel in
his mission of ST. Anthony on the
shores of Labrador.
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with it's careless, reckless driver that
is the worst offender.
1.-The light delivery truck drivers
mostly thoughtless youths without a
sense of nsibility--constitute the
gravest menace on Washington streets
today" says Mr.. Eldridge.. THE
basic safety rules, thoes that proscrlDe
excessive speeds and define the right
of way, are f1agrantly violated dozens
of times daily by these wantonly reck'
less boys who seem to have little or
no knowledge of the laws and even
less Of common decency.
Arrests reveal that a majority OF
them are under the impression that
they are allowed to travel at pasSen-
ger car speeds-aS high as 30 miles
an hour in certain Zones-While the
law specifies that without exception
the limit for this type of vehicle is
Is miles an hour. A light commercial
vehicle is classified as slow machine
and should keep close to the right
curb, but it seems to be the practice
of it's drivers to take to the center
of the street at a speed out of all pro-
portion TO the mechanical capacities of
the car.
Horns Used Recklessly.
Pedestrians either are blasted out
Of the way with raucus horns or
terrorized into precipitous and hys-
terical fight as these machines bear
down upon intersections at terrific
speed,
Commercial vehicles. as result,
have figured in accidents far in excess
Of a reasonably proportionate mum.
Der.
I'm the case of the taxi, bus or
livery car operator, the office Of the
traffic director has the full cooper
alton of employers in suspending per-
mits of those who drive recklessly.
These groups are close knit and their
individual members, accordingly, cas-
lily identifiable.
1.-THE situation as it applies to the
driver of the light delivery car Is quite
different and it makes drastic action in
barring him from the streets much
more difficult. Taxis and buses are
mercial vehicle may belong to a dealer
who operates but one machine. This
is true in majority of cases.
1.-The small employer, however, can
cooperate as we'll as the operator Of
the large fleet of motor vehicles. He
can demand obedience to the traffic
laws on the part of his employee under
threat of dismissal. Furthermore, he
can help himself and the city generally
by inviting the public to report any
case of recklessness on the part Of his
driver.
Citizens Asked to Help.
Employers and citizens generally
should drop their apathy toward this
desperate situation. Careless speeding
and reckless driving are dangerous to
life and property whether they result
in an immediate accident or not. If
persisted in. it is inevitable that they
will result seriously"
The traffic directors point regarding
delivery vehicle participation in an ex-
cessively large proportion of the fatal
accidents in the past three years Is
graphically and unpleasantly illus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
Bank Robber Who Killed Self in Chase
May Be Auto Dealer Who Went Hunting

bush, slowed down his car. drew his
pistol and shot himself through the
head. All of the loot was recovered
In the dead robbers clothes was
found hunting license issued to
Henry Smith Of Chippewa Falls and
the mans description tailed with
that given on the permit The auto
mobile was of the same make as
Smith handled in his Chippewa Falls
agency. Two sets of license plates
We're found in the machine and the
police were checking on these with
Wisconsin authorities.
According to word from the Wis
consin city. Smith left Chippewa Falls
last week, leaving word with his wife
and his business partner that he was
going to Rice Lake, SO miles north,
on hunting trip. That was the last
heard OF him. The Smiths have one
child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
Open Lausanne Hearings Fail.

The Senate refused yesterday, by
a decisive vote, to have open sessions
for the consideration of the Lausanne
treaty, which would re-establish diplo-
matte and commercial relations with
Turkey. Several Democrats, includ-
ing Senator King Of Utah, are OPP
posed to the treaty. 1t is the inten-
ton of Chairman Borah of the for
eign relations committee to force a
vote at an early date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04


PEORIA ILL.,. January 4.--Leaving
the prosaic business of running an au-
tomobile agency ostensibly for a hunt
ing trip, man believed to be Henry
Smith of Chippewa Falls, Wis, turn
ed up in Secor. H., to enter a career
of crime as a bank robber, only to
end it a few minutes later with his
own pistol.
The robber held up the First Ma
tional Bank of SecOr yesterday and
escaped from the building with 81 900
after herding four employees in the
vault. His failure to lock the vault
securely permitted the prisoners to
escape and give the alarm soon after
he jumped into an automobile and
sped away.
A posse of vigilantes and town
guards formed at FL Paso, near Secor,
and the robber. discovering the ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
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