The Washington Post
January 22, 1929

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— as — “ele ae * wre * —— * RN, eee yee Ve Care 39 4 ; ba Th a aw 23 Pe ae ~ ae Oris 13853 JAN 23 1929 3 The only newspape: in Washington with the Associated fress news every morting in the year. For home 4e- livery call Main 4205. The Washin l NO. 19,213. ——— ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER POSTOFPICE, WASHINGTON. D. C. WASHINGTON: TUESDAY. 29 JANUARY POST-SCRIPTS 7 GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN “Life ie but a fleeting dream, Care destroys the sest of it; Swift it glideth like a stream— Mind you make the best of it.” — — — seems to be against the cruiser but for the scheoner. Gentleman whe tried te climb inte Charlie Curtis’ automobile ie fined | ' $25, and those who tried to climb _fnte hie bandwagon last summer didn’t get oF al easy, either. Things — come to a sad pass. ae depth of shame the Senate will | fall if it permits our historic old slogan te be changed to “Millions _ fer tribute to the Antisaloon League > but not one — for defense.” Henry Ferd i is leoking for a — _ plant site in Holland, but what's he ever there, 2 : The Guatemala revolution appears 1 te bare stepped on a banena peel. Suck —— precautions isis ——— — dents that when Mr. Hoover's spe- aw oe out not an office seeker © the on beard. ite ———— — Johnston E fcom office Immediately after tm AEATED OEGATE OVER ONO TAIT BUDGET LIKELY $38,213,150, Record Total Slated for Discussion in House Today. CASEY HITS FAILURE TO PUT IN PAY RAISE Schools Will Get One-Third of Appropriations; Griffin to Attack U. S. Limit. The House. takes up the District of ae appropriation bill today and the prospect is for some exciting, if not angry. debate on the measure. The bill, which was introduced yes- terday, is a record-breaker, calling for the largest sum ever asked for the District. The sum recommended to run the municipal governfnent during the fiscal year of 1930 is $38,213,150, which is $344,972 less than was urged by the Bureau. of the’ Budget, but $575,642 more than was carried in the last appropriation bill. Representative Casey (Democrat), Pennsylvania, a member of the appro- priations subcommittee which has the bill in charge, charged yesterdey that the subcommittee was guilty of a. seri- ous breach of faith for not putiing into the bill. an item of. $165,000 to give District employes the raises their efficiency ratings entitle them to get. Casey Plans to Fight. Visibly angry, Casey promised that he would go to the bat for the em- ployes when the bill comes up, but he was afraid that his effort would be a vain one. Just before the bill was re- ported out yesterday, the Pennsyivanian made a motion to put the $165,000 in. but it was voted down. At the last. seasion of Congress, the subcommittee estimated that it would i take $340,000 to give the District work- ers the pay that their efficiency rat- ings entitled them to. A two-year program was agreed to, ef Gee oi cunastetiniind ets. sae seas: | jise has been) broken, the Welch act serving as an excuse. The bill,. as . introduced yesterday, contained supplemental items amount- ing to $1,630,000, and it was these that swelled the total to ite record-break- ing ‘pfeportions. Incidentally. — the hearings on the bill showed that Chair- man Simmons, of the subcommittee. severely criticized the Commissioners for; failing to ask the bureau of the budget for the additional money, even though they knew there was a sur- plus of some $5,000,000 in the Treasury. Schools to Get One-third. The appropriation asked for the pub- ie schools, $11,846,000, constitutes ap- sum, however, is $304,530 iess than was appropriated for schools for the The Police Department gets $11,- 846,000, which is $304,530 less than last year. The subcommittee refused to provide for eighteen additional pri- vates. and criticized members of the force for “holding up street corners” and gossiping with each other. The Fire Department also gets less this year, the amount recommended— $3,083,060—Dbeing $57,585 less than was appropriated last year. Other items carried in the bill are as follows: — Por street improvements, $3,745,500; for salaries, $2,615,679; sewers, $1,476,- 000; disposal of refuse, $1,613,900; pub- lie playgrounds, $198,060; electrical de- CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 2 Fight Against Cabinet Post for Candidate Based on Insull Interests. (United Press.) The nomination of Roy O. West, Chi- cago attorney, for Secretary of Interior It was taken in secret and efforts ot West's opponents to make the roll call Me TMi proximately one-third of the total. The: | current year, and $241,580 less than, Was recommended in the budget. Girl Who Once Married Prince That Was No Prince Again Weds. Miss Delight Potter Arnold, who stunned Capitol society in the spring lof 1925 when she jilted Martin Marshall Marston, scion of a prominent Wash- ington family, for an on-and-off :nar- riage venture with a pseudo Cossack prince, has launched adventure She is now Mrs. Louis Wil- lard Taylor, formal announcement of her marriage having been made yester- day, exactly one week after the nup- tials. —— Just why Mr. and Mrs. Taylor mar- ried secretly instead of giving Washing- ton society a chance for a show-off at a church ceremony has not been re- vealed. The marriage was a secret for a week and the engagement was secret even longer than that. The announcement made yesterday by Mrs. Taylor’s parents, Maj. and Mrs. Davis Gorham Arnold, of 1661 Crescent place northwest, merely states that “they have announced the marriage of their daughter, Miss Delight Potter Arnold, to Mr. Louis Willard Taylor, son of Mr. John Gates Taylor. of Bolton Landing, N. Y.” No intimation is made as to where the bride and groom are at present nor as to where they will make their home. The marriage was solemnized in New ‘ ork by the Rev. Ernest “an Rensse- laer Stires, gon of the Jishop of Long Iiland, while Miss Arn.id was on a visit to friends in that city. POLIGE GRAFT CAE SUBPENA 15 ISGUED Collins Wants Mrs. H: M. Blaylock to Give More De- tails Against Captain. STILL IN TEXAS, © BELIEF 4 subpena for Mrs Helen M. Blay- © Jock, paimist, who ‘ecqused a police captain of accumulating $14,000 through gratt,. was issued late yester- day by ‘Assistant’ District Attorney William H. Collins, in charge ‘ot inves- tigation of the charges. The palmist made the charges at secret interview in a Bethesda, Md., police station last month to Represen- tative Ernest W. Gibson, of Vermont, chairman of the subcommittee of the House District committee, and then went to Texas, where she repeated the charges to Representative ‘Thomas L. Blanton, of the Lone Star State. Acting on the theory that the -palm- ist may have returned to this city quietly from her visit to Texas, Col- lins, who is anxious to question Mrs. Blaylock and other witnesses in con- nection with the inquiry, issued the subpena, which will be turned over to the United States Marshal's office for service. Collins telegraphed Blanton last Thursday asking him when Mrs. Blay- lock intended to return to the city, and to forward all information she had given him. but his communication has not been answered. 3 Mrs. Blaylock declared to Gibson that the police captain also defrauded her in a real estate transaction, and was guilty of other misdeeds. She turned a white gold ring, set with two large diamonds, over to the investi- gators, declaring it was seized by the captain.in a raid and given to her. Sh said the ring was very valuabie, and the police official offered her a large sum of money for its return. Collins had the ring appraised by George Weber. a policeman attached to the District Attorney’s office, who is an expert on watches and jewelry. Weber appraised the ring as worth no more than $150, Collins said. Senate Votes Confirmation. Of West, 54-27, in Secret Bride of L. Delight Potter Arnold W. Taylor ‘another marital } : — Ss ex oe v8 MRS. LouIs WILLARD TAYLOR, Friends of the bride say that she and the groom had seen little~ of each other having met only a week before the marriage, while Taylor was visiting in Washington. They met at @ ities the friends say. Little could be learned of Taylor sant night. It is said, however, that he_is of a prominent family. Back in 1925 Miss Arnold was a debutante and enjoyed the distinction of beirig one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful, debs of that season, Shortly after her debut her CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COLUMN 6, AMERICAN 5 SLAIN BY WAHAB! BANDITS Former Ambassador Crane Escapes Bullets Which Kill Henry Bilkerd. U. S. WIRES FOR DETAILS Basra, Trak, Jan. 21 (A-P.).—Henry Bilkerd, of of the American Mission | . has been shot déad by Wahabt tr men. ~ bassador to China, accompanied by J. ing in two cars en route to Koweit. Half-way on thelr journey they fell into a Wahabi ambush. Bilkerd” was shot dead, but the others escaped un- hurt. Mr. Bilkerd was a native of Kala- mazoo, Mich. He came to Basra four years ago, but had already spent eleven years with the American Presbyterian Mission on the Persian Gulf. The shot that killed him entered the shoulder ano hit the spinal cord. It developed that the ambush was laid within the Irak frontier. The at- tackers numbered about 100. Mr. Crane said that the ambushers were so well hidden in the desert scrub that none of them was visible. No horses or camels were near. Irak shep- herds had been warned of the approach of the raiders and had hurried with their flocks to Zubeir, the last Irak town on the edge of the desert, Mr. Crane is personally acquainted with Ibn Saud, ruler of the Nejd, under whose sway the Wahabis are supposed to be held in check. Charles Crane and Bilkerd were in a closed car in advance of the rest of their party. Although Mr, Crane said he did not see any of the raiders, the younger Mr. Crane, who was in an open car, said he saw about twelve armed Wahabis on horseback. Occupants of the second car said that mounted Arabs gave chase when the machines turned around after being fired upon, but were soon distanced Opinion here is that the attack is bound to have political effects and that it may bring about a settlement of the disputes over the frontier between Ibn Saud and the directorate government of Irak. (Associated Press) State Department records show that the Reverend Henry A. Bilkerd, a mis- sionary of the Reformed Church of America, had registered at the Ameri- can consulate at Bagdad, in September. 1927 He gave his birthplace as Kalamazoo, Michigan. He ieft the United States in September, 1924, and has been a’signed at Basra since October of that year. The State Department had received no official advices of the killing -f the minister, but it received news of his déath from the office of Charles R. Crane of New York, former minister to China, whose secretary telephoned that. Mr. Crane, who is in Iraq en route to the Far East on a pleasure trip. and his son, John Crane, and a valet. were members of the party but were not in- jured. The State Department has cabled to American Consul John Randolph at Bagdad for information. Thieves Enter Church ; Steal Two Collections Roanoke, Va., Jan. 21 (A.P.).—In- vestigation today disclosed that thieves broke in the Calvary Baptist Church here last night and nade away with the church’s collection for the two services yesterday. Officials say between $600 and $1,000 were canes. FLORIDA~Seaboard is the only railroad Southern Pines. Pinéhurst t and en route . BStepo tted on one-way an iden Be, W, Tel, Main Charles Cratie, former American wea Cc. Crane, Charles Johnson, his valet, } ajiand Mr. Bilkerd left Basra this morn- vers! which has * seeking EFFORT 10 CONTROL N BRINGS INQUIR Utilities Commission ‘to Seek Data on Buying Blocks of Stock. JLAW LIMITS TOTAL HOLDING OF SHARES : Midwest and New York Men Battie for Rule Over Capi- tal Company. Efforts of out-of-town interests to get control of the stock of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co., which owns the Georgetown Gas Light Co.; are to be investigated by the Public Utilities Commission, it was learned authorita-. tively yesterday. That “foreign” control of the local gas company is being sought has been admitted publicly by two stock-buying agents, both of whom have refused to disclose the identity of the persons or gtoups for whom they have been pur- chasing. ‘The battle for possession of control- ling interest in the gas company, the financial history of which puts to shame fiction stories of gold minés, has been progressing for months and has boosted the price of the stock more than six times its par value. The par value of the stock is $20 a share. Dane A. Pearson, of New York, one of the buying agents, last week got the ap- proval of the District Supreme Court to acquire 7,000 shares, belonging to the Leiter estate, at $125 a share. G. Bowie Chipman, another buying agent, is sald to have offered a similar price to other stockholders, although the quo- eral dollars below that gure. Admit Buying for Others, Both Pearson and Chipman have ad- mitted they are buying the stock for others. Pearson said he is represent- ‘| ing a group of New York mien. Chip- Midwest utility interest. Whethér there. There is no ohne who Will admit know- shares of gas stock. These are divided, according to the last report of the com- pany to Congress. among more than 2,000 stockholders. The interest. of the Public Utilities Commission in the activities of “for- eign” buyers to acquire stock to con- trol the gas company is derived from the antimerger act, proposed by the elder Senator La Follette and enacted by Congress in 1913. This law declares it “unlawful” for any “foreign” or “local” utility cor- poration or holding company “directly or indirectly” to “own, control, or hold or vote” stocks or bolids of loca! utili- ties, except such transactions are spe- cifically authorized by Congress. Con- tracts and agreements along this line are specifically voided by the antimer- ger law. Jurisdiction to set aside such agreement, contracts, or purchases, 1s reposed in the District Supreme Court. Limited to 20 Per Cent. There is a proviso, however, which weuld seem to limit: the unlawfulness of acquirement to 20 per cent of out- standing stock. In other words did : “foreign” corporation own 19 per cent of the stock or bonds of a “local” utili- ty, the court would not be empowered to set the acquirement aside. The law defines “foreign” as mean- ing “foreign to the District o! Colum- bia” and “local” as meaning “local in the District of Columbia.” Members of the utilities commission have been watching the developments, as published in the press, in the cam- paign for acquirement of control of the gas company, and Col. William B. Ladue, Engineer Commissioner of the District and member of the utilities commission, is prepared to bring the question of the propriety of the pro- ceedings before the commission at its next meeting. When he does he will find active sup- port from Harrison Brand, jr. vice chairman of the commission, who also has been keeping tab on_published ac- counts of-the control battle. Doubts Authority in Case. John W. Childress, chairman of the commission, however, is not especially inclined to take any action in the matter. He is dubious about the authority of the commission to do so, in the first place. and equally dubious about the advantage to be gained if the commission does take a hand and makes it good in the second place Corporation Counse] William W Bride, who is genera] counsel for the Utilities Commission, refused to discuss the question. The matter, Bride said, had not been referred to him nor had —* heard any question about the sub- None the less, it is understood, if asked, wil) tell the Utilities Commission that it has, under existing law, ample justification for inquiring into the whole question. How far the commission inquiry will go and how effective it will be. if and when launched, is a ——— about which commission officials themselves are not certain Reg of that phase of the subject, however, the battle for contro] of the gas company, ae cae through va on proceedings recently isto e looked inte by tbe complain —_— eer tations on the local exchange are sev- |. man is reported to be representeng a ing. There are .outstanding 130,000{' — — — —— EE OE — — EN —— — — — — — ‘wall Three Hours, Review- ing History. ASSAILS TYRANNY. ; Attacks Present Statute as Being Worse Than Any of Czar’s Day. DENIES LEGISLATURES CAN MAKE SIN BY ACTS Doubts That Mellon or Any Other Official Can Enforce : Provisions. | | (Associated Press.) Tales of the stringent laws of Puritan days in New England and raty stories of “dry voting” legislators who were intoxicated when. they hibition bills filled the Senate yesterday as (Republican) Wisconsin,’ nearly three hours while How much Of the stock of the gas} = | company has been acquired by these} - “foreign” interests te problematical.| . tack upon laws which he said invaded | a person’s right to liberty” He de- clared it was iMipessible to make sin- ful and criminal certain acts of the individual by legislating them to be so. During his discussion he told a story of. a prohibition .enforcement official in Wisconsin who, when a member of the State legislature, was taken home in a taxicab after voting for a prohi- bition bill because, Blaine declared, “he way.” Cites Puritan Practices. Assailing the laws against personal -liberty invoked by the Puritans, Sena- tor Blaine declared that “no one liked his Uquor so much, his tobacco 60 much, or hated his neighbor who be- longed to a different church so much as the Puritan. “Every device of which human mind was capable was originated to destroy individual liberty of every human being and reduce them to a standard where the best could be no better than the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 3. In Parkway Wisconsin Senator’ Talks UNDER PURITANS | ——— The question of whether the Pro- was not able to get home any other i clones the ease te" tagiemnatestf sa representative and — ind the joni ‘told by one of thé inside officials | yes- terday. Upon the outcome of the appropri- ation amendment may depend the future dry leadership among the vari- ous organizations with the Antisaloon League seriously threatened, the of- ficia] said. A movément is under ‘ay to restrict McBride’s activities to the adminis- trative duties of general superintendent and appoint a league legisiativs: super- intendent, the key position left vacant | with the death of Wayne B. Wheeler, the United Press was told. . _ When Harris first offi.-ed his amend- ment, McBride. was quoted az. favor- ir? the additional appropriation. Later, o.. January 15, the league superin- tendent issued a statement. lauding Mellon’s stand in opposing the ap- propriation until it could be assigned to some specific purpose. Then, on January 19, Bishop Thomas Nicholson, president of the league, and Bishop James Cannon, jr. of the execu- Gilbert Would Jail Guilty CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN -2. Building. Loss “Somebody Ought to Be Sent ‘to Penitentiary”? Kentucky Representative Says at Hearing; Summons Build- ers for Another Hearing Wednesday Night. ~ 6 - — J ails “Bomebody ought to be sent to the penitentiary” for the financial tangle at the Parkway Apartments, Inc., Rep- resentative Ralph Gilbert (Democrat), of Kentucky, said last night at a sec- ond hearing in connection with the case. Gilbert, acting chairman of the Gid- son subcommittee of the House District committee, ended the hearing by ts- suing summons for those who built and financed the Parkway. a cooperative en- terprise, to appear Wednesday night at a third hearing to explain why the tenants “lost their, money.” The District committee room was crowded with tenants of the Parkway and other cooperative apartments and the builders of such enterprises, As the Parkway tenants, who are facing ejec- tion. unfolded their troubles others advocated a law that would regulate the activities of coeperative house builders. that any such law would be enacted, or even reported to the District commit- Gilbert, however, gave them no hope tee ag Reedful. “I do not see any meces- | sity for any additional law.” he de-} clared. “I may be wrong—if I am 1 am open to correction—but,” he continued, - “it looks to me that these people Be need protection of the court. “If they would send somebody to tm penitentiary for this it would —J others in the future; but this is what ought to be done—somebody ought to bs sent to the penitentiary for this.” Fearful hat the recent publicity given the Parkway troubles would hurt} the cooperative apartment business, the builders of these homes and the ten- | ants of such came forward last olen ) to vindicate the plan. | Gilbert quickly allayed their fears by saying that “I do not see that they (the Parkway cooperative purchasers) necessarily lost their money by reason of any failure of the plan. I! was | my lttar to Senater Warren ts thet & fot