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The Washington times., 1928-04-25
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Can the woman's bureau Of the po-
lice department, with Mrs. Nina g.
Van Wrinkle at its head. function il
peace and harmony under the same
roof with branch OF the Board Of
Public Welfare?
This question was raised today as
Major u. e. Atkins, Assistant Engi-
neer Commissioner, began to study
plans for an establishment which
would house the bureau and the re.
ceiving home for the welfare board.
The District Commissioner have
agreed to the proposal Of the Bureau
of Efficiency to remove persons un-
der II years of age from the 5urisdic-
tfonSof the woman's bureau and place
them under the welfare board.
The District appropriation bilI now
in conference, carries SIS, 900 for a
receiving home and $4,000 for the
bureau.
Major Atkins points out that the
initial expense of the receiving home
would eat up most of the $25, 900;
that the sum is inadequate; that q re-
striction on salaries would make 1t
difficult to administer the appropria-
ton.
To place the receiving home under
the same roof with the woman's bu-
rcau would mean a substantial saw
ing in overhead, expenses. Major At
kins explained. and the limited APP
preparations may make this plan com.
pulsory.
Separate entrances and separate
quarters could be arranged, Major
Atkins said, but jurisdiction would
be divided.
The Treasury Department con-
tinues to urge. the removal OF the
woman's bureau to make way for ex-
cavation for the proposed new Com
merce Building. Excavation is in
progress on three sides OF the build.
ing.
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hearings and strong opposition to
the plan. Without it, the plan
could go through without trouble.
1t is extremely unlikely, however,
that the companies will offer any
such solution. They have believed
that they could shove the plan
through Congress even with the
$50 200, 900 valuation.
But even If there were plenty OF
time, favorable action on the mer-
ger would be doubtful. Nearly all
comment from members OF the
House Committee during the hear
ings has been unfavOrable 70 the
plan as now constituted.
Opponents To Be Heard
Making allowances for the favor.
able sentiment known to exist
among some members Of the com
mittee. it is believed that IL vote
We're taken today II would be very
close. This is in spite. Of the fact
that all the witnesses so far have
been favorable to the plan.
William NICK. Clayton. chairman
of the Public Utilities Committee OF
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tons. and his friends. hope that
after they have appeared the plan
will be hopelessly lost In the COM
mittee.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
BILLS
ADVANCED

The House District Committee to-
day favorably reported three SEN
ate bills, two of which 1t had al
ready acted favorably upon as
House measures.
The bills were the Blaine work
mems compensation bill, the Zihl-
man bill authorizing the District
Commissioners to compromise in
the, suits against them under IS, 900,
and q bill correcting certain de.
fects in the law requiring. the reg
istration Of architects.
The first two bills already had
been reported by the committee, but
were acted upon again in order to
get the Senate bills on the House
calendar.
The committee amended the Sen.
ate bill to allow the Commissioners
to compromise law suits in order to
make it correspond with the House
bill which already had been re.
ported.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
POWER LOBBY
SHOWN BACK
Of ERGER

The power trust lobby today. Is
revealed as one Of the real powers
interested in fastening the Harley
r. Wilson traction merger plan
upon the District Of Columbia.
The pivotal point in the disclosure
II that the North American Com.
paay--tos be the holding corpora.
ton for a traction and power mo.
nopoly under the Wilson plan--lias
been one Of the largest contributors
to the power trust ''slush fund.- in
its fight against the Walsh resolu.
ton IN the Senate.
The .slusn fund" contribution of
the North American Company was
Sz8, 900, and among the men of in
uuence engaged To represent the
public utilities in Washington and
paid out Of this fund are former
Senator LenrOOt Of Wisconsin, one
Of the strongest Republicans I'm the
senate until his retirement in 1926.
and former Senator Thomas Of Col.
OradO.
The INK between the public utili.
ties fight against the original Walsh
resolution and the present cam
paign for the speedy enactment OF
the Wilson unification agreement
for the local traction company is
giving rise to much speculation in
the city today, because of the fact
that Harley p. Wilson Is represent
ing the North American Company
In the merger proceedings.
The revelations probably will re.
suit In having the House District
Committee investigate the affairs
Of the North American Company
as part of the merger hearings,
and it Is expected that Harley p.
Wilson will be called to the stand.
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B D Y
To BE BURIED

The funeral of 15.year-old John w.
Lang, jr., son Of Major John w.
Lang, of the War Department. who
was drowned while attempting to
shoot the Little Falls in the Patonac
River in a canoe three weeks ago.
will be held Friday afternoon at 2
O'Clock from All Souls Memorial
Church.
The boys body was recovered from
the river at the foot of r Street
Northwest by police of Third Pre-.
cinct. Major Charles r. Thomson, a
friend of the family, identified the
body at the morgue. *
Schooiboy friends will act as pal1.
bearers ait the funeral. Burial will
be in Arlington Cemetery.
Young Lang, with companion,
were returning from a camping trip
40 the river and attempted to ride
the falls. Both canoes were capsized
Lang's companion was rescued, but
Lang disappeared a few moments
after HIS canoe turned over.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
Few Sips Made Juror
Obvious to
HIS Duties
Times stan Photos

THE Juror who vas n1yster.
iously absent from court yester-
day while deputy inarshaIs
combed the city looking Tor him
answered to his name when
Court was called today.
George IL Voith, who lives In
the 500 block Of Illinois. Ave.
was brought To the chambers of
Justice SiddOns BY Deputy Mar
shall Stephen j. Callahan. The
nature OF the conference which
took place there was not made
public, but when he came to the
bench later Justice Siddons post
poned the trial Of the case until
tomorrow morning.
Voith Is said to have declared
that as he was on his way to
Court yesterday, he met 4 man
whose name he refused to dis
close but who, he said, II an
automobile salesman. Voith en-
tered the salesman's car, he says,
and had q few drinks,
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The hearings have now lasted
four days and only two OF the
many witnesses waiting to testify
have been heard. The slow progress
the committee Ii making practically
Kills all chance for merger legisla-
ton this session. observers at the
Capitol say.
Surrender Unlikely
It viii take at least two more
weeks for the House committee to
finish its hearings and then the
Senate group must have its own
hearings, Before these are over
the session will be at an end.
IL looks now as though the only
chance for merger legislation at
this session will be a. complete sur
render by the companies on the
cardinal feature of the plan-the
$50. O00, 900 valuation.
As long as this ia a feature of
the agreement there will be long
The Washington times., 1928-04-25

The lengthy indictment Of about
six pages was read to the defendant,
who stood Interested, but apparently
unperturbcd. during the reading,
with James F. Riley, associate coun;
sci by his side. The courtroom was
packed. A large crowd OF women
were present.
Immediately after the plea had
been entered, Riley asked Justice Sid
dons for a Today extension in which
to file q demurrer.
The extension was allowed in view
of the length and complication Of the
Indictment.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25

A car to SALT your pernonal or
family needs can be located through
today'B TiInes and Herald classified
automobile columns.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
I Girls ii
Fight for
Love Of
One Man
Read This First

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bFoad .ah0uldeE Alan Rom
over supper that night AA1M
and Gay discussed Jerry Davis
Gay dufxxed Alan about Jerry
The youth declared Jerry WAS not
the kind ~ man Ary mice gtE1
would want TO know.
Dolly Quinn gOt y Job ~ hoe.
ter IN lar palace. but The
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of her customers Wa lYpn
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dfyidual who became too .I1I
with Doll The latter ke1enteA
his advances.
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came back To her How .do,
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didn
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well ron see, I Just got
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this minute. She may have
called earlier " Polite Be
wilderment crept into hia
voice. Was she planning p
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she said guardedly T erhap1
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back. Gay didnf even know
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this noon from Philadel-
phia.
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made . gallant recovery. she
even laughed. THERE sEe said.
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anxious mothers. you know. Alan!
I heard Cay talking TO some
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Continued on Pags 1sl
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
Mrs. Claudia Pope Wins
Suit for Maintenance

Felix +. Pope, described as an
.cmploye Of the Shipping Board,
was the loser in divorce suit
filed by his wife in 1922 when JUS
tice Gordon In equity court yester-
day awarded decree Of perman-
ent maintenance to his wife Mrs.
Claudia Pope. H
The court decreed that the hus-
band pay $55 per month for her
support. Attorney Dion B. Libby
represented the wife
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
CIRCLE CITIZENS

Better street lighting was urged
at a meeting of the Iowa-Thomas'
Circle Citizens Association at
meeting last night at the North
minister Presbyterian Church. Lack
of proper lighting. they asserted.
was an incentive to crime and the
eause of many of the street acci-
dents. e
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
Women Flock to See
Hoffman Deny Gull

DR. Louis Hoffman, under Indictment for frst-degree
murder in connection with the death Of Eleanor Lehman
pretty 26yearod typist in his office March last
gned before Justice siddons in Criminal Court today and
pleaded guilty two indictments the second Tor having
performed alleged illegal operation on the girl.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
CONDUIT ROAD CITIZENS

The Conduit Road Citizens Asso..
citation will meet at st. David's
Parish Hall. Conduit Road car
stop No. - Thursday night at 8
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
NO. 158---ENGLIsH LUTHERAN CHURCH

completed and the dedication cere-
monies held October 1, 1S4s.
In 1881 the church was remodeled
at a cost Of $4,000. The old steps,
which had formerly been on the
outside, were taken down and placed
inside the structure, thus materially
altering it's appearance and placing
It In keeping with the business
property which that section of the
city was fast becoming.
The Washington times., 1928-04-25
Merger Bill Unlikely
At This Session

The House District Committee adjourned its traction
hearing today because Of its regular weekly meeting
today The hearings will be remused morning
The Washington times., 1928-04-25

st. P ul's English Lutheran
Church. Eleventh and n, Streets
Northwest, was the first English
Lutheran church in Washington.
1t was organized January 2, 1s4S,
and at first met in old Todds Hall,
on Pennsylvania Avenue.
The present site was donated by
the late Gen. John p. Van Ness and
the cornerstone laid June IL, 1874.
with ex President John quincy
Adams present. The structure was
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
SIR WILKINS IS ON ] e.- ...a.-. a-... -. za t24 x<x
Comes West to Plan New Radio for Proposed
 Antarctic Flight

SAN FRANCISCO. July 26.- Sir George H. Wilkins arrived here last night in an airplane to discuss with radio manufact- urers plans for building a radio for use on his proposed flight over the South Pole.
 The explorer rode in the bag gage compartment of an airmail plane because all passenger space was booked and he was in too much of a hurry to wait for an- other plane.
 Capt. William Woorteneyer. authority on aerial navigation, met Sir Wilkins at the Oakland Airport.
 Sir Wilkins said he expected to leave from New York for Mon tevideo on September 22 on the first lap of his expedition and would catch a Norwegian whaI- ing vessel that would take him to Graham's Island where the 2,000-mile Antarctic flight starts. Wilkins and Ben Eielson part ed at Omaha Tuesday, Eielson planning to hop-off for Minne- apolis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
U. s. FACES HUGE TASK
 REPAIRING CANAL LOCKS

work is in progress. During the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1929, the Miraflores and the Pedro Miguel locks are to undergo re- pairs. and, according the schedule prepared by the engineers, the work on the Miraflores Locks will begin January 2, 1929, and will be completed March T.
 The force of engineers and some 500 workmen will then be moved to Pedro Miguel Locks where work will be started March IA and be completed May '. In 1881 the locks on the Atlantic side will un- dergo repairs.
 In selecting the dry season, from January to May, for the over hauling of the locks, the mainten- ance engineers had in mind the rapid completion of the work. On much of the work twenty-four hour shifts will be employed in or der to hasten the completion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
ROBERT OWEN IS OPPOSING
 GOV. SMITH
Former Democratic Sena. tor from Oklahoma
 Against Nominee

NEW YORK, July 26.-Robert l.. owen, former Democratic Sena- tor from Oklahoma for IS years, has declared he will oppose Al Smith vigorously and unqualified ly and endorsed Herbert c. Hoo yer.
 q won't stand for Smith. Okla homa will be against the Tammany government the same as against Ware and his government. Wo- men in my state and other west ern states won't accept Smith. Hoover, in my opinion, is the best qualified man ever presented by any party in America for the Presidency during my life time,p said Owen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
Lucy Tiayah Eads,
 Curtis KinS1UOnldr,, l< Ka,U Tribal Chief

RAW CITY, Okla, July 26.-- The Raw Indians, who gave Sena- tor Charles Curtis to the nation, now are ruled by woman, who is distant cousin of the republican nominee for vice-president.
 She is Lucy Tiayah Eads. Chief White Plume was the great-great- grandfather of both Mrs. Eads and Senator Curtis.
 Woman suffrage played no part in her selection as the chief of the Kaws. for she was the only lineal heir upon the death of her grandfather, Chief Washunga.
 Senator Curtis was asked by the Kaws to become their chief about 20 years ago, but he declined, for he had already attained the po- sition of a chieftain among the people of his fathers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26

BALBOA, Canal Zone, July 26. Repairs on the Panama Canal locks costing $500,0O0 have been approved and the work of over hauling will start the first of the coming year. Uncle Sam spends approximately this amount every two years for replacements and repairs.
 Preparations for the task have been under e way for several months and will not be completed until the first of the coming year when the actual work of over hauling begins. The work is so arranged as to cause minimum of delay in transiting the 5000 or more ships which pass through the waterway. amounting to more than 28,000.000 tons annually.
 Each set of locks is repaired every; four years, necessitating the closing for period of about five months, one set while the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
SCIENCE CRAFTS MALE
 HEAD ON FEMALE BODY

 instincts and properties of the fe- male.
 A June bug on which was graft ed the head of a dung beetle im- mediately began to burrow in re- fuse matter and never again left the ground. A dung beetle equip ped with the head of a June bug immediately attempted to climb trees, despite the fact that it's legs are not adapted to this purpose.
 'Plavilstshikov" points out that insects remain alive for long time after deeapitation because their organs of breathing are free ly distributed over the whole body
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
PROHIBITION IS BIG ISSUE
 SAYS WALKER
N. Y. Mayor Says Wines and Beers Return if
 Demos Successful

VICTORIA, B. C., July 26.- Mayor James ]. Walker, of New York City, has arrived here. The Eastern official said Prohibition is a prominent issue in the Unit ed States Presidential Campaign.
 Neither party is dry, Mayor Walker asserted. the Republicans being Prohibltionists by policy rather than by procliyity. He predicted light wines and beers in legal circulation in the United States if the Democrats win. A big majority of the Americans want the law change, he thinks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
MOTORSH|P HITS ROCK
 IN ARCTIC
German Craft with 500 Passengers Aboard,
 Is Tn Trouble

OSLO, July 26.-"Have struck a rock in Bell Sound, Spitzber- gen. German motorship Mona Cervantes with 1,500 passengers aboard including two Ameri cans" said a wireless message re- ceived here late yesterday after noon.
 The icebreaker Krassin rushed to the scene and according to radio adyices today is standing by with no immediate danger to the German ship.
 The Mona Cervantes was on a tour of the Spitzbergen region.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26

BERLIN, July 26.-A German scientist has been successful in grafting the heads of certain in sects upon the bodies of other bugs. it is revealed in the Zoo logischer Anzeiger" by q writer with the nom de plume of Play ilstshikov."
 A phenomenon which aecompa- nies the operation is that the head of an insect invariably determines it's sex and habits of life.
 When a female head was graft ed on the trunk of a male, the in sect immediately assumed all the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
FIGHTERS WEIGH IN

NEW YORK, July Weigh ing in this afternoon at the Yankee Stadium, Gene Tunney, champion, weighed 192 pounds and Tom Heeney 2o3 F pounds.
 So few were the wagers re- corded on the match itself that it is difficult to determine the exact odds. Bets of to that Tunney will retain the title are mentioned but no one seemed to have seen any money change hands. Greater by far was the wagering on the size of the gate and probable amount of money Tex Rickard, promoter, seemed destined to lose.
 Ticket Sellers Yawn
 The Yankee Stadium, scene of tonfght's fight saw a score of ticket sellers on the job today but they yawned in their booths while three times that many patrolmen loitered about with nothing to do. This is in di- rect contrast to the last big fight in the ball park here when Demp- sey and Sharkey fought and were there were squads of policemen and determined customers bent on getting seats if it mean wait ing all day. Today, in fact, few ticket seekers were in sight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
NEW TREATY
 BETWEEN US,
 AND CHINESE
N ationa list Government Makes Proposal Which
 Is Accepted

WASHINGTON, July 26.-Pro- posal by the Chinese Nationalists for negotiation of a new tariff treaty granting China full auton- omy has been accepted by the United States in communication by Secretary of State Kellogg.
 Stipulations are that the United States looks to the Nationalist Government for adequate protec- ton of Americans in China, and equal treatment for American Ma tionals with those of other fore ign countries.
 United States Minister MacMur- ray, at Picking, has been author ized to negotiate with the Nation- alists.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
PRESIDENT TO
 TAKE TRIP TO
 IRON DISTRICT
Will Visit Iron Range Next
 Month Dedication Next Sunday

sSUfERIOR, Wis. July 26.--It is announced that President Cool idge will visit the Iron Range in Northern Minnesota on August 9 The trip will be made by special train and consume the entire day.
 Leaving Superior early in the morning, the Presidential party will go first to Hibbing, and view the famous pit mines near that city. From Hibbing the party will go to Virginia where other iron mines will be inspected.
 Next Sunday President Cool idge will go to Cannon Falls, Minn., to dedicate the monu- ment in honor of Col. William Covill, leader of the Minnesota troops which were the first to come to the aid of the Union in the Civil War.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
PLANE FORGED
 DOWN IN FIELD
Proposed Flight to Stock holm Halted Soon
 After Start

ROCKFORD, Ili., July 26.-- After getting away in perfect start at dawn this morning on the projected. flight from Rock ford to Stockholm, the mono plane Greater Rockford made a forced landing 26 minutes later in a ccrnfield six miles from the airport. A wing cracked and other damage was done. The pilots said the load was too heavy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, July 26.-Stock quotations today are as follows: Alaska Juneau mine 3A Bethle- hem Steel 57, Congoleum Nairn 23h, Endieott Johnson no sales, General Asphalt n, Gliddon Con- pany 22A, Great Northern Ore 20H. Kelly Springfield 20A, Mis- souri Pacific 60fs, Remington Rand 291a, Southern Diaries 36, Stew art Warner 92, U. s. Steel 140M, and Yellow Truck and Coach 31
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
Mrs. coogan Winner
 In Alienation Case

LOS ANGELES, July 26.--Like most movies" the court actions involving some of the principal members of Jackie Coogan's fam fly and film organization had a happy ending.
 Mrs. Lillian Coogan. the boy actors mother, was given dis missal of the $750,000 alienation of affections suit filed against her by the wife of Arthur Bernstein, business manager of Coogan Pro- auctions, Inc. Bernstein was giv- en a divorce decree from Mrs. Corabel Bernstein.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
Million in Gems Seized by Police;
 Some .SsudlIoiUed

WARSAW, sa.y z6.-Police in a lightning like raid on the jewell ry exchange today seized S1,000.- 900 worth of gems reported tor have been smuggled. Some deal CTS either swallowed their assort- ments of rubies. saphires and oth- CT precious stones or threw them from windows
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
Police Commissioner V Of Chicago Resigns;
 Others May Also Quit

CHICAGO. July Michael "Go Get Elm Hughes. Chicago Police- man, named by Mayor Thompson as Police Commissioner with in structions to run the crooks out of Chicago has quit. He left the hospital, after tonsil operation, pale and worn out. His physicians said he was very sick man. His resignation has not been accepted.
 Mayor Thompson himself is re- cuperating from an illness.
 Several other city officials are rumored about to quit, even the Mayor himself, but friends deny this.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
SURVIVORS
 DIRICIBLEI
 NORWAY II
Seanen with Flx onets Stand Gu;
 Ship $ Gangv

OSLO, July 26.@Ses fixed bayonets were guard at the gangpla Mobile expedition base di Milano when IL Narvik with survivors igible Italia.
 Onlookers at the doc the move with astonish the ship arrived early ing. There were co few people on the do ] many had waited unf the night.
 When the mooring1 thrown ashore, no ass forthcoming in fastenf and one of the er8 ashore to do il. v
 No Norwegian autl present at the lanhi1
 None of the rescus peared on deck.
 The survivors WI their journey to Ita Tonight q special ( drive them from tn the depot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-26
HEENEY GETS AWAY

FAIRHAVEN, N. J., July 26. Tom Heeney became mystery man for a short time today com pletely vanishing from his train ing camp and as he was to weigh in at 2 o'clock in New York City his disappearance meant that he had quietly left along with his retinue but whether by boat, train or automobile, could not be ascertained.