St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 11, 1928

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OMMITTEE ACTION ' UKELY TOMORROW Favorable Response Con- "tinues to Greet Proposal * for Country Home for " Chief Executive. By CHARLES G. ROSS, ; Chief Washington Correspondent ‘ ‘of the Post-Dispatch. “WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Con- - an Clifton A. (Dem.), Virginia, a member of the gse Committee on Public Build- ings and Grounds, introduced in the House late yesterday a resolu- | n directing the Public Buildings | Commission to make an investiga-| n and report to Congress on ident Coolidge’s suggestion a summer retreat be acquired Presidents within easy reach the capital. | *Woodrum'’s fesolution ealled | mission, which is headed by Sen- for Reed Smoot (Rep.), Utah, to ¥ ect a suitable site in Virginia Tir the home and report on the approximate acreage, the @ the building proposed and the wpproximate cost. Woodrum said today that he had no particul: ‘nitmber of acceptable places could, M found within easy motoring dis- fance of Washington. Hopes for Early Acticn. As a member of the Public! Buildings’ Committee, Woodrum | Will ask for consideration of his | fesolution when the committe? | Mects tomorrow. He said that, in| View of the widespread favorable momment which had appeared in lewspaperts throughout the coun- y regarding President Coolidge’s | gestion, he felt certain the con- mittee would take early action on his resolution. The Public Buildings Commis- fon, hamed in the resolution, is tomposed of Senator Smoot, chair- man; Senator Claude A. Swanson | (em.), Virginia; Representative Richard N. Elliott (Rep.), Indiana. “airman of the House Committee Public Buildings and Grounds: | mepresentative Fritz G. Lanham | m.), Texas, ranking Democratic | Member of e committee; David N, architect of the Capitol, and vames A. Wetmore, supervising _— of the Treasury Depart- The suggestion of the President, bonveyed through the Post-Dis- Mich in its fiftieth anniversary Mimber, continued today to evoke favorable response in Washington. Government Urged to Act. ere was a general feeling ong those interviewed that the yyernment self should provide ha retreat rather than accept it & benefaction from a private ree. The Government, it was nted out, could well afford the paratively smhll expense in- ed. and should not place itself meter obligation to any individual. 5 What President Coolidge has sed, as liis letter makes quite in, is not an elaborate establish- Mt, but a modest place to which ure Presidents may go with the tay staff for a few days’ escape me the summer heat of the Capi- ™. He thought that a $200,000 Y. Which was offered to the tament sometime ago, would been ample for the purpose. President did not, however, | that any legacy be accept-. but left entirely open.the ques- of how his idea might be real- + . The Leakin Legacy. The Circumstances of the legacy = tioned by the President were | « led. By the will of J. Wilson kin, 9 Baltimore attorney, who et in 1923, $200,000 was set aside the Purchase of land and the "rtd of a Summer White House Rhin “automobiling” distance of ington. The only -stipulations at the offer should be ac- >. Within 18 months. ce of the legucy was com- Mested to President Harding hoth houses. of Congress by a emere trust company. which Woodrum | ee ‘not have the $500 bail i them istatute, read in part: nature | did listen about the houses and un- aT (hearing tattle and repeating in mind, but was sure that any | same. ee ; ; i] i | i i} i r } PRESIDENT THINKS | PLACE IN VIRGINIA | | MIGHT BE SUITABLE By the Associated Press. : WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. | RESIDENT COOLIDGE be- P lieves that a mistaken idea has arisen from some of the editorial comment on his letter to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in which he proposed a retreat for the President within auto- mobile driving distance of Washington. Mr. Coolidge |} Wished to suggest a place where | the Chief Executive might go | for a. week-end rather than for || an entire summer vacation. He believes that the Prest- | dent would always desire to go into a section :of the country |} with which he was not familiar |; for his regular summer vaca- | tion, rather than to a specified || Place each year. Hie understands that a suit- able property for week-end purposes is that now owned by the Department of Agriculture at Bluemont, Va., where it was originally planned to establish a weather observatory. This place, Mr. Coolidge feels, might be considered, HELD FOR LISTENING |'AT DOORS OF HOTEL; FACES JAIL TERM Boston Man Liable Under Old Statute for Punishing Eavesdroppers. ; By the Associated Press, BOSTON, Dec. 30 years old, 11.—Theodore Fortine, SS tn 2 awaiting sentence after pleading Court yester- day of the charge of being a com- lortine did imposed guilty in Municipal mon eavesdropper. after he admitted listening to con- in a Boston hotel and _ repeating to other guests. The charge, bared on an old “Said person der the windows and eaves of the |houses of divers good people... the .- to the common nuisance of all the people and against the GIRL KILLED IN ELEVATOR SHAFT FLEEING FROM ROBBER Suspect Who Had Followed Her, Thinking She Had Payroll, Caught After Chase. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec, 11.-—-A hoid- up suspect was held under a‘homnii- cide charge today after the fatal fall down an elevator shaft of a giz:l who ne thought was carrying a payroll, but who had no money. Martin Baylos, 28 years old, had | followed Miss Shirley Bergaian, a bookkeeper for.the Geringer Light & Fixture Co., from the bank whé¢re she had just deposited some checks, ' back to the office. He followed her into the elevator, struck the oOper- ator over the head with an empty revolver as the lift started up and then turned on the girl. She attempted to escape by jump. ing to the narrow leige of the third floor shaft opening, but tost her balance and fell down the shaft and was killed instantly. Baylos slid down the elevator Fope, but was captured when he slipped on the icy sidewalk out- side. Miss Bergman was 21 years oid yesterday and her mother had planned a birthday dinner tor her last night. FIRST WOMAN TO BE GARROTED Eduarda Ortiz Convicted in Cuba of Killing Fiance. the Associated Press. HAVANA, Dec. 11.--The first woman ever to be put to death by the garrote in Cuba probably will be KEduarda Ortiz, convicted of killing her fiance during a jealous frenzy. Every effort to save her life has failed. She is 24 years old, a member of a middle class Santiago family. Py PPP > = About That River | 3 Land a Yes, it was advertised in the § Post-Dispatch man wanted to A country or Summer home out there would give him imme- een named ah exccutor. ‘er Representative John Lang- f Kentucky, then chairman:! “4 House “Committee on Public "O83 and Grounds, Informed ident Marding that his com- "8 would not act on the pro- | wl Uning. thea President formal- ee | ithaned on Page 2, Colunim 7. ¢ This business diate returns—and the value of ‘ > the land is almost sure to gtow. of King George, ar- rived at Boulogne at 6:45 o’clock this evening on the last leg of his €000-mile dash from Equatorial Africa, and teft Boulogne for Folkstone at 7:10 aboard the reg- ular mail boat Biarrttz. The British destrover Torch was awaiting the Prince, drawn along- side the Maritime Railroad station landing platform. Capt. Hanson, commanding the destroyer, said he intended to make Dover in 50 min- utes. It that was understood | safe in risking the hour’s delay. Premier Waits at Dover. Prime Minister Baldwin, left the House of Commons |a surplus | Prince Speeds to King’s Bedside ~ ‘ . #>'s — . s ne avaen ee OR A Ne 2 eo EDWARD ALBERT, PRINCE OF WALES. ’ ? i WALES HEART BEING. ; ’ GAIN IN TAX REFUNDS CAUSES COOLIDGE TO FEAR DEFICIT President Signs Supplementary Estimates $55,000,000 Greater Than Had Been Expected. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Treas- ury supplementary estimates of tax refunds totaling nearly $55,- 000,000 mere than originally ex- pected to be required were signed today by President Coolidge, who is apprehensive a deficit may re- sult if Congress appropriates too liberally. In his budget message to Con- gress, the President observed that of /$37,000,000 was in ‘prospect for the close of the fiscal ee ; | ; , the | tunds be appropriated for opera- | Prince’s long journey from Africa | tion of the vast governmental ma- jhad tired him of battleships, or] ¢pine, but the President feels that | € lse “the news handed him from his euccessor may encounter great- | London concerning the condition ler difficulty in the event the of his father had made him fee! | Treasury runs short of cash. Mr. |making a brief speech, hurriedly | mental appropriations in | small London this afternoon for Dover to | meet the Prince. A French detective Prince's train at Basle a nd accom. | Panied him to train Boulogne. was slightly delayed by a block on the line at Lire, Haute Saone, but .tnereafter speeded and reached Laon an of schedule. hour ahead received a telegram giving him the | Co., Ltd.. voinea tne |2,800,000 SHARES OF FORD The | | on | | At Laon the Prince | ised prospectus of the F 'Mr. Coolidge that vear, but he thinks now it may be wiped out and that the incoming President may face a deficit. Suggestions have been made to President-elect that sufficient Hoover is eager Coolidge thinks economy must be rigidly now to avoid a practiced after | deficit, and that should depart- | prove too they could be increased by means of deficiency bills later. STOCK OFFERED IN ENGLAND Public Invited to Buy 40 Per Cent of Issue for New Plant With 200,000 Yearly Capacity. TONDON, Dec. 11.—The prom- ord Motor was issued today and it! latest news about King George. | fills a whole page in the OTRAS | With his arrival at Boulogne. the| papers. It confirms the offering | Prince had covered the 1400 miles|at par {1 sterling ($4.54) of <,- 1's00.000 shares representing 40 per from Brindisi at an average speed of 44 miles an hour. A hotbox on one of the cars of the special train delayed it four minutes this morning in Switzer- land. When the train passed throurh the town of Melide, four miles south from Lugano the _ station agent there noticed that one ofc the wheels was glowing red. He signaled to the engineer to halt at Lugano for repairs. Hotbox Fixed in 4 Minutes. The train. which was drawn , j by an electric locomotive, crawled | along the Lugano lake front, which | is known as Lugano Paradisim, a suburb, and had been especially il- luminated in honor of the meetirge of the League of Nations Council The train reached Lugano "i 5:37 a. m. and workmen repaired | the hotbox. Four mirnutes later. the train started for Bellinzona and | +4 | ‘than a hull. Olten. The hotbox was due faulty operation of the heating ap- paratus. ; The Prince was traveling tn a private car ‘belonging to the hofr of the Italian throne. Prince Um- berto of Pledmont. The finest lo- comotives in Europe and crack train crews of three countries were pressed into service to bring him across Europe over lines that hod heen cleared of ordinary traffic so that nothing might delay nis jJour- ney. d (of submarine tiving tests will — '$-4 AGAIN PUT IN SERVICE cent of the capital of the new Brit- ish company. The prospectus states that the Dagenham, England, factory with a capacity of 200,000 cars annually will be the largest in the world outside of the United States. It forecasts that 20,0C0 British and Irish workers will be employed at Dagenham, Manchester and Cork. | The English directors include Lord lilingsworth and Roland Kitson. Submarine on Which 40 Lost Raves | to Make Diving Tests. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Dec. 11.! —The submarine S-4, which sailed from the Navy Yard here last De- | cember on a cruise that resultedgin | the deaths of the 40 officers and) men, today left here to make tests in diving and rescue work. This time the S-4 was little more | Stripped of the op- | erating machinery, the submarine | was towed by the rescue ship Fal- con, which figured largely in salv- ing the S-4 after it was sunk off Provincetown, Mass., after a colli- sion with the coast guard destroyer | Paulding. The Falcon headed for! New London, Conn. where a series | be | conducted, Later the S-4. will be! towed to a point off Key West for further tests. SENATE GROUP PLANS VOTE FRIDAY ON KELLOGG TREATY Tentative Agreement by Committee . on Secretary’s Anti-War Proposal. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-——A tentative agreement to vote on Friday on the Kellogg anti-war treaty was reached today by the Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee after it had questioned the Sec- retary of State a second time. Chairman Borah of the commit- tee predicted favorable action on the treaty when the vote is taken, Kellogg was before the commit- tee for 20 minutes. He reasserted his belief that the pact pledging this nation to not infringe in any way America’s Monroe Doctrine. said the faet that Russia renounce war did upon He had joined other world Powers in sign- ing the treaty did not constitute a recognition of that nation by this Government. He insisted that the document carried no implied sanc- tions and could not involve this Government in any way if it were violated. With proponents of the treaty holding the upper hand inthe committee, a vote on it will. be, pressed for on Friday. Senator Reed (Dem.) of Missouri, who bit- terly fought the League of Na- tions and American entry into the World Court, asked that action £0 over until that day pending fur- ther study of the correspondence of the world Powers in connection with their adherence to the treaty. Senator Reed did not join in the agreement for a vote on the treaty on Friday nor did he indicafe that has been considering. OCCASIONAL RAIN LIKELY |'he would demand a reservation he _ TONIGHT AND TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. n ot a OO. 6c cd eee of tert st 96:6). Mi iver. 3M 2 @. Mi ced oes (ie, 2 o ORES 45 6 @c Bh crwe at Sm 339 NOOM cecccs 49 OF at . ie Se eer 4" S 6. Oh Venn e sé A 5S Oy * Miaewente% 4) 7 oe ee eee oe | 4 S a. MH “i¢ecr, 86 OD Bias cos 48 Yesterday's high 54 (3 p. m.): low (7:15 a. m.) vicinity: lowest will be freezing. able Missouri: Official forecast for St. Louls anil Occa- temperature; sional rain prob- able tonight aml’ allayed. ; not much change if in¢gham Palace just before 3 o'clock the) this afternoon. FEVER STILL several hours’ sleep. The tem ature remains RKigh, but there is ne ~ AFFECTED BY POISON DUE TO INFECTION | Vitality Gradually Ebbing Because of Long Illness— Four Physicians Again in Attendance. ‘ar 2 ie REMAINS HIGH Public Anxiety Increases— Large Crowds in Front of Palace—Royal Household By the Associated Press. LONDON, Dec. 11. — King George’s physicians issued the following bulletin at 8:30 p. m.: - “His Majesty had a quiet day. There is no increase in the ez- haustion and the pulse remain steady. ; HEWETT, DAWSON.”’ By the Associated Press. LONDON, Dec. 11.—King George's physicians were waging a fight against death this morping. Un- officially it was said his chances for recovery were slight, and many were wondering whether the Prince of Wales would win his race with time and again see his father alive. The official bulletin, brief and noncommittal, conveyed little to the general public, and certainly gave no ground for hope that there was any change for the better in the King’s condition. se It was evident that the persis- tent fever which has weakened the King for more than three weeks still held a firm grip upon him. That the King’s powers of re-’ sistance have been ebbing under the strain of a lung infection which spread to his general system, has been evident from the physicians’ recent reports. ‘comfort for his anxious subjects who have been hoping almost against hope, however, in the state- ment in today’s bulletin that there had been no further diminution of strentgh durirg the night. wie ork There was some Had Several Hours’ Sleep. Whether this was a natural sle * was not stated in the bulletin. The bulletin, signed by Sir Stan-- ley Hewett and Lord Dawgon of. Penn, said: ea a “His Majesty, the King, has hae tT further . impairment of the strength.” Continuance of the King’s high temperature, it was po'nted out, meant that the infection which re- turned in some measure yesterday. still existed, and although the fever was noteworse the not improved. It was stated authoritatively that, infection had aithough the doctors could report no further impairment of the King’s strength, today’s budJetin was not regarded in Buckingham , Palace circles as satisfactory. .The anxiety which prevailed among members of the royal housebeld throughout yesterday remained wu Lord Dawson returned to Buck- The Queen did not tonichte | leave the Palace this afternoon for above! her usual drive. Prob- occasional rain tonight and tomorrow: slight- ly warmer in northeast portion. Tilinois: Prob- ably rain begin- ning tonight or tomorrow: slight- ly warmer to- night. Sunset. 4:39. Sunrise (te row). ffl. Stace of ft ° a fali of 6% - She also took no drive yesterday. Shortly before 4 p. m, it wag stat- ed in semiofficial quarters that | there had been no change tin the condition of morning. Crowds Outside Palace. ° That public concern over the King’s condition was ‘nervasing was shown by the growing size of | the crowds which gathere!l around | Buckingham ‘war Palace. The throng er large despite the prevalence ef biting winds which ewup aoross he expo) plaza these ead win. —_ a ee e - e neee tooftinesd on Page 2. Column & : the King since this — . 3 q pts, 7 Rast mig Peo ; FI 4