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Evening star., 1927-03-08
CITIZENS FAVOR PLAN
TO PROTECT SQUARE
Dupont Circle Association Also
Pledges Support to New
Utilities Body.

A resolution pledging support to
the movement to preserve Lafayette
Square for buildings of national
character was adopted at a meeting
OF the Dupont Circle Citizens Asso-
citation at Rauschers yesterday
The association promised it's CO.
operation In the effort to have Con
gress acquire the property for the
sites OF structures of this character
1t. was declared that hotels, apart
ment buildings, office buildings and
other such structures mar the ap-
pearance of the square and render
II unsuitable as a park so near the
White House.
The association also pledged its
support to the new Public Utilities
Commission in its work of carrying
out the provisions of the act of 191:
creating it, which would protect the
public against aggression by public
service corporations.
The secretary was instructed to
write to the new commission and get
the names of any members of the
association who have not applied fol
their share of the 100000 refund
from the Potomac Electric Power Co
Admiral Joseph Strauss was elect.
ed delegate to the Federation of Cit
lzens' Associations to succeed Snow
den Ashford. who died recently. Maj
clayton Emig, secretary of the asso-
clation, was nominated as the aSso
cations candidate for the Citizens
Advisory Council.
1t was voted to support legislation
to be reintroduced in the next Con-
gress for the establishment of a
municipal airport for commercial
purposes. 1t was pointed out that
46 of the 48 States of the Union al
ready have such airports.
New members elected were Miss
Helen Ernst and Mrs. Henry Lloyd
Aspinwall
Admiral William Ledyard Rodgers
president Of the association, presided
Evening star., 1927-03-08
MADAGASCAR DEAD
STILL UNCHECKED
Paris Fails to Establish Di-
rect Communication With
Storm-SWept Island.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS. March S.--Direct communl-
cation with the Island OF Madagascar.
swept by a cyclone last Thursday. was
still lacking today; therefore. Paris
was still without definite word as To
the exact number of casualties or the
extent of the damage.
Reports from the Island OF Mauri-
thus. in the Indian Oocen. about 500
miles east of Madagascar. seemed to
show that the loss of life was not as
great as at first indicated, although
considerable damage was done.
The Lyonnaise Madagascar Co,
which has a large plant at Tamatave.
on the east coast of the Island OF
Madagascar. has received a wireless
message from It's manager. advising
that the company's staff Is all safe
and it's buildings are undamaged.
Tamatave is reported to have suffered
most In the storm.
The ministry of colonies announced
today that it had received nothing di-
rect from either Madagascar or Re
| union Island, telling of fears that a
new storm was headed toward the Is
| land. Failure of the governors Of the
| islands to reply to requests that they
| cable full details is attributed to the
complete breakdown of the cables and
| wireless.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
JUDGE AND JURORS
JEERED At PRISON
Shouts Greet Visit to Scene
of Killing of Tombs Warden
and Keeper.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 8.-Jeers and
epithets shouted by prisoners peering
between bars greeted a judge and
jury yesterday when they visited the
tombs to study the scene of the kill
ing of the warden and a keeper last
November.
Judge Mancuso and the jury were
taken to the tombs by Assistant At
torney Brothers, who is prosecuting
Robert Weiner and Oscar Amberg,
charged with murder. A brother of
Oscar Amberg was among three
prisoners who killed themselves after
they failed to escape. It is alleged
that Weiner threw over the wall the
pistols the prisoners used in their
vain attempt to shoot their way out
Of the Jail.
Visitors Jeered and Cursed.
The jeering and cursing began as
soon as the judge and jury arrived
at the Jail. The prisoners were espe.
cially angered because they were rob
bed Of an exercise period. The noise
did not cease until the visitors were
out Of sight.
The jurors were taken to the spot
where Warden Peter A. Mallon was
killed. to the jail physicians Office
and the guard house, where keeper
jeremiah Murphy was killed, and to
view the south wall, where the three
prisoners, trapped behind a coal pile,
ended their own lives with sullets
from the revolverS they used to kill
Murphy and Mallon.
DO Not Visit Jail.
Amberg Is alleged to have conspired
with Weiner to furnish arms for the
attempted outbreak. They did not
visit the Jail.
AS the Judge and Jurors approached
the jail the shouts of the prisoners
could be heard by those in the streets
bounding the Jail yard. Keepers said
that at first the prisoners thought the
visitors were the grand jury, but
when they learned who they were
they only increased their jeers.
Newspapermen were not allowed to
enter the prison with the Jurors, al
though they protested that the In.
spection was part Of public trial
and should not be conducted in secret.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
DEATH PENALTY OPPOSED.
Kenilworth Citizens Go on Record
Against Legalized Boxing.

The kenilworth Citizens Associa.
ton at a meeting last night at the
kenilworth Public School, unani
mously approved a resolution, offered
by Miss May Rouse, chairman of the
committee on laws and legislation. to
abolish the death penalty in the Dis.
trict.
In addition the association went on
record as being opposed to legalized
boxing and indorsed the position of
the commissioners for their opposi.
tion to bills introduced in Congress
to legalize boxing.
The association heard a special re.
Port favorable to the establishment
OF an airport on the site of the old
Benning race track. A committee
was also appointed to work with other
citizens associations in the program
to erect a national stadium here.
The meeting was addressed by
James G. Yaden. head of the Fedora.
ton of Citizens Associations.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
URGED AS BOULEVARD.
Citizens Body Discusses Plan fol-
North Capitol Street.

Plans for converting North Capitol
street into one of the great boule-
wards of the city was discussed last
night at the meeting of the Central
Citizens Association in the North
Capitol Bank.
The prospective widening Of the
street and the installation of a bril-.
liant lighting system were described
by the speakers. DIR. William p. Ken
ealy, who has directed the campaign
for the improvement of the street
predicted that the changes would re-
suit in a great boom for that area.
Condemnation of the one-man type
of street cars was expressed by the
association and it was voted to appeal
to the Public Utilities Commission for
relief from the traffic congestion said
to be caused by these cars. John G.
Mcmahon, secretary OF the associa-
ton, was appointed to present the
case to the commission.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
ASKS TREES BE REPLACED
BY FIRM OF BUILDERS
Parking Superintendent Cites Con.
struction Co. as Responsible
for Two Recently Destroyed,

Clifford Lanham, superintendent of
trees and parkings Of the District,
recommended to the Commissioners
today that the two trees cut down
during the construction Of garage
company building on New York ave.
nue. near Thirteenth street be re-
placed at the expense of the construc-
ton company. The trees were de-
stroyed by two employees Of the COM
pany. who were fined for their act
In Police Court.
The plan, according to Mr.. Ian.
ham, has the approval of Auditor
Daniel J. Donovan. The cost Of the
trees and the labor involved will be
taken from the deposit which the
construction company put up as a
guarantee against damage to District
property.
Mr.. Lanham proposes to replace the
trees with Norway naples, 31a inches
in diameter, in lieu of saplings 1-inch
in diameter, which are usually
planted.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
BIG TAX REFUNDS
ORDERED PR0BED
Joint Congressional Commit.
tee Will Scan Those in
Excess of SIS, 600.

BY the Associated Press.
Investigation of all tax refunds of
more than $4,000 hereafter allowed
by the Treasury will be undertaken
by the Joint congressional tax commit
tee.
Congress stipulated, in its last ap.
preparation of $75,000,000 for tax re-
funds. that the Treasury submit to
the committee the facts on all refunds
in excess of that figure. At the sug.
gestion of the Bureau Of Internal Rev.
enue, however. the committee has de.
cided to investigate each of these re-
funds.
Parker to Conduct Probes.
L. III. Parker. chief of the commit.
tees division of Investigations, has
been instructed by Chairman Green to
undertake the investigation. The joint
committee, created under the 1926
revenue act and including the rank
ing members of the House and Sen
ate committees in charge of tax leg.
islation. also has authorized it's eX.
perts to make further tax studies.
Chairman Green made public today
a report by Mr.. Parker recommend
ing tightening up of the law relat-
Ing to the penalization of corporations
created for the purpose of evading the
surtax payments.
The report. which has not been
acted upon by the joint committee,
declared that under the revenue act
of 1918 and 1921 that section provid-
ing tax of so per cent on all profits
allowed to accumulate in such cor
porations "has not been enforced to
the extent intended by the Congress, "
but that under the act Of 1924 and
1926 there seems to be some posi-
bility that it will be enforced in a re-
Stricted manner
Change i'm Plans Urged.
1T is not evident" the report added,
that the bureau intends to assess the
additional tax in the case of large
operating corporations which are able
to invest their enormous earnings in
their own business or related indus
tries.
1T is possible to replace section
220 by other provisions which will ef-
feet the result desired more automat.
1cally. We believe that such change
should be given serious considera-
tion."
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Mental Strain Puts
Rapid Calculator at
Threshold OfDeath

BY the Associated Press
OMAHA. Neb., March S.--Oma-
has human adding machine"
George II. Wood. was near death
last night, physically and mentally
exhausted by the strain of rapid
calculation by which he won his
sobriQuet.
BY a system which he described
as eliminating conversation from
mathematics" Wood. who is so
years old, was able to add long
rows OF figures with uncanny
speed and accuracy. Several times
In competition he arrived at totals
before experts using adding ma
chimes.
Instead of saying mentally. two
and two are four" Wood read only
the total-''four" time by
the elimination OF the "mathe-
matical conversation
Physicians said excessive mental
strain was responsible for Woods
serious physical condition.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Wife's Objection
Plays Havoc With
Mechanics Trade

CHICAGO, March 8.--The wife's
objections to oily odOrs, soiled
hands and greasy clothes have Gre
ated serious problem for the au
tomobile mechanics trade, Fred G.
Wacker, chairman of the standard
ization committee of the Automo-
tive Equipment Association, said
yesterday.
Only two out Of every 100 young
men who enter the service branch
of the automobile industry remain
longer than two years. Mr.. Wacker
said, the reason being because they
get married and are forced by their
wives to find cleaner jobs.
So serious has the situation be-
come that the Automotive Equip
ment Association has undertaken
to correct the conditions objection
able to the wife.
Garage owners must afford their
men all facilities for cleaning up
before they go home and muss up
the family household" Mr.. Wacker
said. I'VE can't blame the wife for
not wanting her husband to come
home smelling like an oil we'll.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
MRS. CARAWAY HURT.
Wife Injured in Auto Ac

BROWNSVILLE, Pa, March 8 Lp
Mrs. T. II. Caraway, wife of the
Senator from Arkansas, is in the hos
pital here suffering from injuries to
the chest and back as the result of an
automobile accident on the national
pike, two miles west of Brownsville
Senator Caraway Is remaining with
his wife, but they expect to resume
their drive to Jonesboro. Ark, within
a day or so.
The Caraway car skidded on wet
road and crashed into another ma
chine. Mrs. Julia Solomon and Mrs
Mary Basco, both Of Greensboro, oc-
cupants Of the other automobile, were
injured and are In the hospital.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
PRISONERS RETURNED.
Bandits Victims to View Fou,
Men Arrested in Camden, N. ].

Four colored men arrested in Cam.
den, n. j., yesterday in connection
with the alleged appropriation of an
automobile belonging to Joseph Fen
wick, colored. 1911 Wylie court north
east. were returned here last night
by Detectives Davis and Alligood.
The prisoners registered as George
Alexander Butler, 90 years, Seat Pleas
ant, Md: Vernon w. Higgs, 18 years,
1853 Columbia road; Alfred Carter. "a
years, 1862 B street northeast, and
Louis Simms, % years, 729 Navy place
southeast.
Detectives have arranged to ques.
tion them tonight when several per.
sons, victims of bandits, will be sum.
moned to police headquarters 10 see
them.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
GIRL PLANS TO ENTER
PLEA OF BURGLARY
Former COED Expected to Admit
Third Degree in Robbery
Of Bank.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VERMILION, s. Oak. March s.
Tentative plans for plea of guilty
to third degree burglary were an
nounced late yesterday by counsel for
Miss Marian Meyers, 1S-year old
former university coed.
Miss Meyers case will be called for
trial tomorrow, and IL the girls
mother consents. plea of guilty will
be made and sentence accepted.
The girl told authorities 1t was to
obtain $24 for tuition at the Univer
sity Of South Dakota that she at
tempted to rob a bank here several
weeks ago. She recently was held
sane.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
JUSTICE HOLMES s.
YEARS0LD TODAY
Jurist on Supreme Court
Bench, as Usual, After
Greetings From Associates.

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. dean
Of the United States Supreme Court,
both in years and length or service
is 86 years old today.
The venerable jurist took his place
on the Supreme Court bench as usual
today at noon, following warm greet
ings from his associates and Chief
Justice Taft,
At his home this morning he re
ceived an abundance of flowers. te!e
grams and letters, expressing the con
gratulations of both high and low
from all parts of the country to the
Justice. The morning was one con
graduation after another for him.
Greeted at Capitol.
The justice left his home about
1870 o'clock as usual. He drove to the
Capitol. where he was greeted by his
many friends and associates before
taking up his official duties for the
day.
Members of his household said there
would be no special celebration ir
honor Of his birth. "The occasion is
much the same as any other day ir
the Justices life," it was said at the
home.
Last year marked the twenty-fiftf
year on InS supreme UcilCH lOI - uo
tice Holmes. Friends pointed out to
day that his latest birthday celebra
ton comes almost simultaneously
with the rendering Of one Of his most
vigorous and characteristic decisions
that of yesterday In which the
Texas primary law placing restric
sions on colored voters was over
thrown.
Characteristic Anecdote Told.
A characteristic anecdote illustrat
ing the high esteem in which the ven
cradle jurist is held by his associates
was related in connection with HI!
birth anniversary. Not long ago {
young lawyer was arguing case be
fore the Supreme Court. An OBJ
stacle in his way was decision which
had been rendered by Justice Holmes
He. proceeded to attack this.
Chief Justice Taft smiled broadly
When the lawyer had finished. HI
said:
You may argue against Justic'
Holmes decision. but we do not. W.
obey him."
Justice Holmes Is hale and vigorou!
and is at his place every day thu
court is sitting, driving or walking
to the Capitol from his home at 172s
I street.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
BIOGRAPHIES UNDER WAY,
Committee Extending M. c. List to
Include Sixty-Ninth Congress.

In obedience to a resolution passed
in the closing hours of Congress, the
force under the joint committee on
printing that has been working for
several years on a revision Of the
congressional biography, to include
every person who has served in Con-
gress since the Continental Congress,
is now busy working on the biogra-
phies of those who served in the Sixty.
ninth Congress.
This will bring the record up to date,
complete. including about 80 additional
House members, 19 Senators and the
Vice President, and all Of the women
who have ever been In Congress. Il is
expected that this very important
book, which some Of the largest libra.
ries In the United States consider their
most used book Of reference, will be
ready for distribution about August /.
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Evening star., 1927-03-08
NEW STAR DISCOVERED.
Polish Professor Cites Planet Will
Harvard Telescope.

CRACOW, Poland, March R.-
The discovery OF a new star of the
twelfth magnitude was announced
here yesterday. 1t was discovered by
Assistant Prof. Casimir Kordelewski
Of Cracow University, who used a
telescope borrowed by that institu-
ton from Harvard University.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Communicated
bassador,

streets.
George r. Wales. delegate to the
Federation of Citizens Associations
from this association and members of
the Citizens Advisory Council, was
unanimously chosen as the associa-
tons candidate for election to the
council. John r. Burton, first vice
president presided.
Evening star., 1927-03-08

In the next article MIR. Close tells
how propaganda and the boycott are
used SO effectively by the Chinese
NatiOnalists.
Evening star., 1927-03-08

Automobile tourists from America
spent more than 100000 in Canada
last year, IL Is estimated.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
SEPARATE RADIO
DIVISION CREATED
Commerce Department An
nounces Organization to Be
Headed by Terrell.

While four Of the Ave members Of
the new radio commission were on
their way to Washington or making
plans to be here tomorrow or Thurs
day for the first informal meeting of
the commission the Commerce De-
partment today announced creation
of an independent radio division. under
the direction Of William D. Terrell,
who has been chief radio supervisor
for navigation.
o. Fl. Caldwell of New York, one OF
the men given recess appointments by
President Coolidge to the new COM
mission, was expected in the city this
afternoon. while f. o. Sykes of Mis-
sissippi and H. A. Bellows of Min
nesota We're to be in Washington to-
morrow.
Dillon Leaves for Capital.
John II. Dillon of San Francisco
left the Pacific coast for Washington
today and is expected in the Capital
Saturday. The other member of the
commission, Rear Admiral w. Fl. G.
Bullard, will arrive in Washington
from China about April II.
The commission will take up the
duty of handling judicial and semi
judicial radio questions, but Will ex-
ecute it's decisions through the new
Commerce Department agency whose
creation was announced today. Mr..
Terrell has had charge of radio ques.
tions all during the period of develop
ment of the broadcasting system. He
was born in Galansville, Va, and edu-
Gated in the schools of that place and
In Washington. He has been with the
Commerce Department since 1911, was
a delegate to the London radio con-
vention of 1912 and technical adviser
at the Paris International Telegraphic
Convention of 1925.
Presidential Control Urged.
President Coolidge was asked yes
terday to issue a proclamation de-
claring a national emergency" to
exist in radio broadcasting and to
take over supervision of the indus
try himself. The request was made
In a letter to the President from
Representative Bloom of New York.
Mr.. Bloom questioned the right of
the newly created Radio Commission
to function in the absence of funds,
which were denied it when the Sem
ate failed to pass the second de-
ficiency bill.
He pointed to provision in the
act authorizing the executive to sus-
pend radio regulations during an
emergency such as, he declared, now
exists.
The President then could redele-
gate licensing powers to Secretary
Hoover or even to the commission,
Bloom contended. He argued that
unless that step were taken any ac-
ton by Hoover or the commission
would invite court action by dissat-
iSfied broadcasters.
Evening star., 1927-03-08

Thursday in France Is the school
holiday which American children have
on Saturday.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
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