ROOSEVELT BEFOREU. S. OIL GRAND JURY
Assistant Secretary of Navy toTell cf Kis Part in Tea-
pot Leases.
GRIFFIN' ALSO ON STAND
Admiral Once Protested Transferof Reserves.
Theodore Roosevelt, assistant sec-
retary of the Navy, and Hear'AdmiralR. S. Oriflin. retired, were the chiefwitnesses today as the special fed-eral grand jury resumed Its inquiryjnto charges of fraud and corruption
in connection with the naval oilleases.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt car-ried to *ho White House for President.Harding's signature the famous Exec-
utive order of May 31, 1921, under
which Secretary Fall took over con-trol of the naval oil reserves andleased them to Harry F. Sinclair andEdward 1.. Doheny. Also at the re-quest of Fall, Roosevelt sent marinesto Teapot Dome in the summer of1922 to drive off "squatters" afterthat reserve had been taken over bySinclair.
A\ ns in I’hargf of Reserve*.
Admiral Griffin, formerly chief oft lie bureau of engineers, was injharge of the reserves for a numberof years and was one of the navalofficers who protested vigorously toSecretary Dcnby against their trahs-fer to the Interior Department. Hesought to amend the original draft ofthe Executive order so as to leave'¦ontrol with the Navy, but testifiedbefore the Senate oil committee thatan amendment he had written intothe order was completely changed inthe Interior Department.
Roosevelt also suggested changes inthe original draft, and sfne.e the resigna-tion of Dcnby has stated that he op-posed the transfer from the first, butkept silent because he did not want tobe pul in the position of "running out ’on his chief.
Furnished Sensation.In bringing his brother Archie beforethe Senate committee last January Mr.
Roosevelt produced one of the manysensations in the Senate inquiry. Herelated that he listened in on a tele-phone conversation between his brotherand G. D. Wahlberg, formerly privatesecretary to Sinclair, in which therewas a mention of $68,00P sent to theforeman of Fall's New Mexico rancti.
Ollier witness*-s before the grand juryloday were Harvey A. Wilcox of Eli’aso, Tex.; A, D. Brownfield of Car-rizozo, X M. ; Lee A. Gifford, Albu-querque. X. M.. and W. C. Mendenhall.K. S. Heald and W. S. Kent of the In-terior Department. Wilcox and the NewMexico witnesses were said to haveknowledge regarding expenditures madeby Fail in New Mexico after his ap-pointment to the cabinet.
NOTRE DAME CHAPELDEDICATED TODAY
Archbishop Curley Presides at
Rites at $500,000 Edificeat Trinity.
The new JoOO.OOO Chapel of XotpeDame at Trinity College was dedicat-ed today by Archbishop Cnriey at abrilliant ceremony attended by prom-inent members of the diplomaticcorps and church dignitaries.
Archbishop Cnriey pontificated atsolemn high mass in the new edifice.He was assisted by Rt. Rev. Mgr.Edward A. Pace of the Catholic Uni-versity, Rev. Dr. William J. Kirby,Very Rev. Michael J. Carey, C. S. P.The deacons of honor were Very Rev.Dr. John P. Fcnlon, S. S.; Very Rev.Charles p. Aaken, Rev. W. CarrollMilholland. S. S.
Over a thousand persons attendedthe dedication of the new church.The structure is a free rendering ofthe Byzantine style built of Ken-tucky limestone with a roof of Span-ish mottled tile surmounted by astone lantern, on top of which thereis a sculptured bronze - cross. Overthe portico there is a sculptured fig-ure of the Mother of God and theDivine Child.
Interior of MarMc.The interior walls of the church are
finished in Italian marble, the baseof the walls being trimmed in blackmarble. The dome and naive are tiledwith guastavino tile, with gold anderahesque designs. In the dome areicxteen stained-glass windows, repre-senting four angels and archangels inprayer. The intervening wall spaceis_ adorned with symbolic reliefs.
The walls of the chancel are of sil-ver Sienna marble, with marble col-umns and a large number of goldmosaics in figures symbolizing va-rious phases of life.
Ihe main altar of yellow Brescianmarble is dedicated to Xotre Dame,nod is the gift of the alumnae asso-ciations of all the schools conductedby the Sisters of Notre Dame dexamur. I’he marble altar rails areme gift of the iadies of the auxiliaryI'Oard. The sanctuary is of rose anduark green marble, with steps ofblack marble leading to the altar. Theaisles are of Tranni marble.
The transpet altar also is ofBrescian yellow marble. The altarto the east was given by Trin-ity College and the altar tothe west by the mother of a formerstudent in memory of her daughter.There are also two shrines in marble¦md mosaic of the Immaculate Con-ception and the other of St. Joseph.Windows of medieval design adornme church. There are numbers ofornamented decorations and chan-deliers. A large organ of 10,000:>ipes is contained in the chapel. Theseating capacity is about 1,000.
Paulist Choir Slid.The Pauiist choir furnished the
music and Bishop Thomas J. Shananrector of the Catholic University,’preached the sermon. A letter ofcongratulation from Pope Pius XI.congratulating the college, was read..More than sixty priests were in thesanctuary.
-Among those present at the cere-mony were; Baron do Cartier, ambas-sador from Belgium: Sir Esme How-ard, ambassador from England; Col.Marquis Vittorio di Bernezzo, of theItalian embassy; Assistant AttorneyGeneral Davis; the provincial superiorof the eastern province of the Sistersof Notre Dame; the president of Em-manuel College, Boston; members ofthe advisory board of the college;ladies of the auxiliary board andnumerous alumnae students andfriends.
WILL DROP CHARGES.Attorney to Be Freed of Accusation
in Kidnaping- Case.DETROIT. Mich., May 13.—Authori-
iies were advised today by the mar-shal of Saco, Me., that Albert C.Doyle. Detroit attorney, would not beprosecuted on a charge of assisting
' in the kidnaping of nine-year-oldJean Thompson last Friday.
Doyle, arrested here Sunday as hestepped from a train from Boston,was released on a writ of habeascorpus after being in custody aboutan hour. It is expected the chargewill be formally dismissed when heappears in circuit court on the habeascorpus writ.
Hundreds Are Homeless in FloodsSweeping Down Potomac Toward D. C.
j <Continued from First Page.'
j would be safe ground, but it was saidj that shortly before 1 o'clock the
i water was beginning to .run into thej first floor and it was feared that
i within another hour it would be halfI a foot deep there.
Overflows la Canal.In many places the waters of the
j Potomac and Chesapeake and OhioCanal have merged and for miles thecanal cannot be seen. From Syca-more Island to below Chain bridgethe towpath has been obliterated.Reports from near rtarpers Ferry an-nounced the canal had virtually beenruined in that section. The repairsmade after the last flood, a little morethan a month ago, have been washedaway and no effort will be made to
resume traffic up and down that his-toric waterway this summer, at least.
The seawall in Potomac Park hasbeen covered in many places, and itis probable the water will reach al-most to the road in other places whenthe crest of the flood meets the in-coming tide at 3 o'clock this after-noon. The river off the Speedway isa mass of debris, and half a dozenrunaway launches, torn from theirmoorings up the river, were salvagedwhen the reached the broader, quieterwaters near Haines Point.
Crest Passe* Harpers Ferry .
The flood section of the weatherbureau announced at noon that thecrest had passed Harpers Ferry andthe water was subsiding. The high-water mark was reached at twenty-eight feet, ten feet above flood stage.At Riverton, a few miles below, themeasurements showed thirty-fourfeet. In Washington at 8 o'clock thismorning the river was nine feetabove flood stage and was expectedto go another foot before it begins tosubside.
Datest dispatches from up the riverdeclared that Cumberland, Harrison-burg, Harpers Ferry and other townswill be in darkness tonight as a re-sult of dams belonging to electric jpower plants bursting. Dam No. 6, Ione of tlie largest in the river, wasswept away early today. Railroadsare making every effort to save theirbridges by backing cars loaded withfreight upon them. Forty-five carsof coal have been run onto theShenandoah division bridge at Har-pers Ferry, but it is feared it willbe swept away.
HARPERS FERRY FLOODED.
Fourteen Feet of Water Rushes
Through Streets.
By a Staff Correspondent.HARPERS FERRY. W. Va.. May
13.—With fourteen feet of water,
houses submerged to the secondstories, electric light out of commis-s on and the two main bridges weak-ening. Harpers Ferry today present-ed a scene of havoc.
Since 3 o’clock this morning, whenthe raging waters of the Potomacand the Shenandoah began to over-flow- into the streets, residents havebeen fleeing to the higher portionscf town overlooking the rivers.
Business lias been completelyabandoned, all trains have stoppedtunning and the writer is now lit-»rally sitting in the water of theI’otomac at the office of the HarpersFerry Paper Company, the buildingsof which are inundated by the ragingtorrent. This is said to be the onlytelephone in town that is still in'commission.
Properly Damage Heavy.Property damage is mounting to
the thousands. Tfm waters have nowreached a depth of twenty-seven feetsix inches above normal, more thansix feet higher than the disastroushigh water of March 29.
The railroad trestle of the B. and Oline over the Shenandoah just above IHarpers Ferry is expected to go at!any minute. The water has almostreached the tracks, and officials ofthe road do not believe it will standthe strain.
At 10 o’clock this morning the wa-ters reached the stage of twenty-eight feet and now seem to be sta-tionary. The lower part of town iscomplete under water. Boats arerunning through the streets andhouses on Shenandoah street are com-pletely inundated. The post office andhotel are standing in six feet of wa-ter. The post office has opened tem-porary headquarters at the HarpersFerry Bank, water reaching only thelower floor.
Auto Traffic Stopped.Driftwood and debris are filling thestreets, and breaking the windowsof the stores. All automobile traffic
in both directions has been stopped.A congestion of automobiles is on theMaryland side as far as Sandy Hook,and the western side as far asBolivar.
Thousands of sightseers from sur-rounding towns are viewing the de-struction from high points of vantage.
No casualties have been reported asyet, although the property damage,on account of the swift current aaidpiling up of debris, is said to bemounting steadily. Because of theelectric light service being out ofcommission the town will be In dark-ness tonight.
On the Maryland side of HarpersFerry, the river is lashing itseifagainst the rocks, throwing sprayas high as fifteen feet, and overflow-ing its banks into the Chesapeakeand Ohio Canal. At Weverton theriver has almost reached the tracksof the BaJtxmore and Ohio Radlroad.
MANY FLEE FLOOD.
Hundreds of Homes Are Inundated
by Rising Waters.Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md., May 13.—Re-ports from Hancock at noon state
ithat the Potomac River is still risingat that point, and the whole west endof the town is inundated from back-water up Little Tonolway Creek,which empties into the Potomac atthat point, from the bridge as far eastas the Methodist Episcopal Church.The residents have been obliged toabandon the first floors of their homes.Both Big Tonolway and LickingCreeks are away beyond their bankseast of Hancock, and the NationalHighway is closed to travel, as thebridges over these streams are cov-ered with high water. Lioyd L Shaf- Ifer. clerk of the Allegany County cir-cuit court, returning from the east. Ismarooned at Big Spring Hotel.
Rail Traffic Halted.The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
east of Cumberland is at a completestandstill, with water over the tracksat many points between PattersonsCreek and Cherry Run. Trains arebeing detoured over the WesternMaryland and Pennsylvania roads.
The river began falling here earlyyesterday evening. The rise east ofhere is due to the heavy flood pouredin by the South Branch, PattersonsCreek, Cacapon River, Sideling HillCreek and other tributaries. TheSouth Branch, which is itself a goodsized river normally, is the highestin many years, and has caused greatdamage to the Romney branch or theBaltimore and Ohio, besides inundat-ing the town of Moorefield.
The Western Maryland is still tiedup between here and Elkins, but thedamage is largely in washing out re-pair work from the last flood. Theline, it is expected, will be open in aday or two. Reports from Kltzmilierand Blaine state then* places did notsuffer nearly as badfr as from thelast flood.
City in Darkness.The flood here affected the street
lights, and Company G, Ist Regiment.Maryland National Guard, was calledout on patrol duty last night as thecity was in darkness. This la thesecond time this year the local guardunit has aided the poliefle in patrollingthe city.
The flood drove about fifty familiesfrom their homes on Water and Pax-ton streets. Piedmont. The Red Crosshas given notice that it is ready toextend relief.
Baltimore street, this city, whichwas swept by the flood again yester-day, was much damaged, and a Largeforce is employed today in cleaningit and restoring the paving for thebig parade of the Grand Commandery
of the Knights of Malta tomorrow,when 3.000 are expected to march.
The flood began to recede here lateyesterday afternoon, and by 7 o'clockthe streets were 'Rear of water. Thedamage to property, it turns out. wassmall in comparison to March 29, aspeople generally took warning andremoved their goods. Water fromWills Creek joined the Potomac Riverwater at the Chesapeake and Ohio(’anal break here and spread over alarge area, inundating the propertiesof the Cessna. I.umber Company, theCumberland Sash and IKxir Company,the base ball park and Footers' DyeWork*. It ii feared the Chesapeakeand Ohio Canal below here has beenbadly torn.
Flood Proves (Jon Meeting.
A meeting of engineers In conjunc-tion with city officials and businessmen will be held at the <nty hall to-
morrow to discuss flood prevention.Tills meeting had been arrangedthrough the mayor and city counselseveral weeks ago as an aftermathof the flood of Marcli 29. Mayor Koontelegraphed Representative Zihimanat Washington yesterday asking thathe use his efforts toward having theWar Department send an engineer
here for tomorrow's meeting. A re-ply came that the matter was takenup and the department promised to
send an engineer here Thursday to
consult with other engineers and cityofficials
The flood below here Ms now fourfeet higher than the last flood.
Cletus Funkhouser. thirty years
old. Winchester lumber Curporatlopforeman, was drowned in swirling
waters of Lost River near Wnrdeno-ville, W. Va.. today, when he at-tempted to cross the stream in i row-boat. which capstaed. The body hasnot been recovered. He was u nativeof Shenandoah county, Va.. and mar-ried.
PASSES DANGER MARK.
Water From Rivers at Pittsburgh
Flood Lowland Sections.
By He Associated Press
PITTSBURGH. May 13.—After ris-ing during the night and this morningthe Allegheny and Monongahela riv-ers here reached a flood crest ofslightly more than 26 feet shortlybefore noon today. United Statesweather bureau observers said thewaters would begin to recede duringthe afternoon. The maximum stage
was four feel above the danger mark.Parts of the lower north side were
inundated and basements of river-
front buildings along the Alleghenywere flooded.
Families living in the lowlandsnear the downtown section were forc-
ed to leave their homes when thewaters reached their dwellings.
Fair weather was reported today
over the Allegheny and Monongahela
watersheds and observers believed therivers would continue to fall.
29 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
High Waters Halt BAil Traffic in
Shenandoah Valley.
Special Dispatch to The Star.WINCHESTER, Va., May 13. j
Shenandoah River flood waters causeda large portion of the inhabitants ofHarpers Ferry, W. Va., to flee to
higher ground early today. P-ack-water from the river extends tenmiles to the outskirts of Charles-town, W. Va.. and is from seven toten feet deep. The governmentguage on the Potomac at HarpersKeiry registered twenty-nine feetabove normal this morning, the high-est since 1359, with indications ofanother foot rise before receding.
Railroad bridges were weighteddown with ooal trains from end toend. All main line traffic was sus-pended. Water came within a footof the, Ferry bridgefloor on the Shenandoah, thirty-fivefeet above low water. The Norfolkand Western and Southern railwayssuspended operations on Shenandoahdivisions. Efforts to detour were Im-possible.
Water was within a foot of theboilers in the Northern VirginiaPower Company’s steam plant atMillville The Front Uoyal-Rivertonmunicipal electric plant was buriedunder water, only the root showingHydro-electric plants at Harrison-burg. Woodstock. Edinburg and othertowns were flooded and out of com-mission.
MAN SWEPT TO DEATH.
Much Property Damage Done byRappahannock Flood.
Special Dispatch to The Star.FREDERICKSBURG. Va., May 13.The Rappahannock River at this citytoday is in the throes of the worst
since the Johnstown flood in1889, with water twenty-five feetabove normal and doing much dam-age to the water front.
William Lucas was swept to deathwhile trying to rescue a small boat,while several others had narrow es-capes from drowning while fordingfeeder streams.
The dwelling house and Gillum’smill dam at Rapidan, forty milesabove Fredericksburg, were washedaway, and numerous fishing shacks,shanties, chicken houses, vegetation,trees and other debris are floatingdown with the swift current. Thewharf and warehouses of the Balti-more and Virginia Steamboat Com-pany are inundated and the StandardOil plant is nearly submerged.
Two thousand railroad ties werewashed away from J. W. Master’slumber wharf, and the Berry PackingCompany's plant at Falmouth Is un-der wateiv while other damage is re-sulting along the river front. TheRiver road, leading to Falmouth, onemile away, is covered by water, andthe lowlands for miles are inundated.
WATERS STILL RISING.
Seven Bridges Washed Away, WithOthers Threatened.
By the Associated Press.RICHMOND. Va., May 13—Al-
though the crest of the freshest Invirtually every river and stream inVirginia was thought to have beenreached during last night, the Shen-andoah was still rising early todayand government forecasters predictedthe James river at Richmond wouldgo two or three feet higher beforeit began to recede. The Shenandoah.Tappahannock, Rivanna and tribn-tary streams were reported falling.The James river, after rising tothirty-one feet at Columbia and nine-teen and one-tenth feet at Lynch-burg, was reported falling at thoseplaces today.
The greatest damage reported wassustained at Charlottesville whereloss was estimated at over $200,000.The Rivanna river was twenty-fivefeet above normal; seven bridgeshave been washed away; severalmanufacturing plants were floodedand others had been forced to shutdown and the city was without elec-tric lights and street car service asa result of the high waters.
In the Shenandoah Valley, wherethe Shenandoah River Is higher thanit has been In fifty years, roads arecovered with from six inches to sixfeet of water. Many stores and resi-dences have been flooded. inhabi-tants of the low lands spent the daymoving their possessions to higherland. Storm warnings were receivedin time to allow farmers to removeall live stock to safety but agricul-tural and garden crops were wipedout.
Many bridges along the Shenandoahare reported in danger. Southernand Norfolk and Western tracks areunder from four to six feet of waterwhich has risen two feet above thetracks on the Southern bridge.
Quake Felt in Munich.MUNICH,Bavaria. May 13.—A slight
earthquake shock was felt here yester-day. The center of the disturbance isbelieved to have been fat the middleAlps. The tremors were noted only inthe upper stories of houses.
THE EVENING STAB. WASHINGTON. D. €.. TUESDAY. MAN' 13. 1924.
STRICT LAWS GUARDMARYLAND DOGWOOD
|
Despoilers Liable to Both Fine and jPrison—Bill Planned for
District.
The Maryland law prohibiting de-
struction of plant life without con-
sent of the owner, which has come
into prominence during the cam-paign this season for preservation of
the flowering dogwood, provides a
fin© of not less than .35 nor more
than 335, or imprisonment of not less
than thirty nor more than ninety
days, or both.While proposed laws for the Dis-
trict of Columbia and for Virginiaare under consideration by those be-hind the dogwood campaign, it is be-lieved the bill for the District willbs different from the Maryland lawIn many paxtciulars.
The Maryland act became effectiveJune 1, 1918, since which time therehave been many arrests and manyfines assessed.
"It shall be unlawful.’’ reads theact, “for any person to remove, take,cut, break, injure or destroy anytree, shrub, vine, flower, moss or tnrffrom the land or premises of an-
other or cut or attempt to cut, burnor attempt to bum, girdle or attemptto girdle or otherwise damage or de-
stroy or attempt to damage or de-stroy and standing or growing tim-ber or trees thereon without the writ-ten consent first had and obtained ofthe owner thereof, or under the per-sonal direction of such owner; andany violation of this act shall con-
stitute a misdemeanor and any per-son convicted thereof before a jus-
tice of the peace or other court ofproper jurisdiction shall be punish-able by a fln© of not less than $5 ormore than 325, or by imprisonment ofnot less than thirty or more thanninety days, or both. Provided, how-ever, that nothing herein containedshall apply to trimming of treesunder the supervision of the state
board of forestry."
PLEASE’, MS, LEAVE THE
-YArT FOR. i
lIIIfNJOYFIND GIANT SKELETON
OF THE MIOCENE AGE
By the Associated Pres*.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif, May 13.What are believed to bo the most
complete portions ever discovered of
a squolodent, a mammal that existed
In the mlocene age from one-half
million to two million years ago,
have been found by Charles Morrioe,
a student of prehistoric life, on
Shark Tooth Mountain, near the KernRiver oil fields.
Reconstruction of the squalodent,Morrice said today, has been made inGermany, Australia and Englandfrom much less portions of the
mammal than he has found. Theskeleton weighs 260 pounds and hasa head larger than that of an ele-phant. Morrice will communicatenews of his find to government of-ficials.
M’CALLUM IN LEADOF GOLF QUALIFIERS
Turns in Lowest Card for Morn-
ing Over Soft and Soggy
Course.
Playing over a course soft and
soggy from the rains of the last threedays, golfers in the first day of thequalifying round of the Chevy ChaseClub's annual spring tournament to-day found the going heavy. W. R.McCallum of the Washington Golfand Country Club had the lowestscore turned In up to 1 o’clock witha card of 79. C. E. Courtney ofChevy Chase was in second placewith S3, while Iceland Harrison was85.
Other scores turned in up to 1o'clock follow: Horace Green, ChevyChase, 91; Morven Thompson, ChevyChase, 93; John 1. Power, Washing-ton, 92; H. S. Pope, Indian Spring. 93;Hugh MacKenzle, Columbia, 93;Prank S. Appieman. Columbia. 93;W. B. Hill, Chevy Chase, 95; HarryWardman. Columbia, 95; Fred C.Clark, Indian Spring, 96; J. H. Mc-Hhenny, Chevy Chase, 96; Major H.Robb, Bannockburn. 96; C. A. Watson,Columbia, 98; John L. Barr, Columbia.102.
Can Lift Balk
The golf committee has adopted alocal rule providing that a buriedball in the fairway may be droppedwithout penalty.
The ball is not to be cleaned on theputting green.
McCallum's score follows:Out-
Par 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3McCallum ..5 4436546 4—41
In—
Par 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4McCallum ..344 44754 4—38—79
114 GOLFERS START OUTIN QUALIFYING ROUND
AT CHEVY CHASE CLUBOne hundred and fourteen golfers
started out today in the first day’splay of the qualifying round of theChevy Chase Club’s annual springgolf tournament, knowing that butthirty-two of this number, half theentire field of sixty-four qualifiers,can make the grade when the scoresare all in tomorrow night.
Prom a glance at the entry list.It appears that thoso men who qual-ify today have a harder assignmentthan those who play tomorrow, fromat least three angles. In the firstplace, the field which starts today Islarger than that of tomorrow. In thesecond place, the group of low scor-ers, first sixteen men, is larger, andIn the third place the longer thecourse,has without rain the faster it
will be and the lower the scores Inconsequence.
The course today is slow and soggyIn places, with heavy lies the rule anda local rule permitting the ball to bedropped In case It is buried on fair-way or green in effect, San and windmay dry up the course today so theserules will not have to be put into ef-
fect tomorrow. Chevy Chase, as didthe other courses, had a thoroughsoaking Saturday night and Sunday,and will take three or four days offln© weather to completely dry out.Notwithstanding the rain, the course
5s generally in first class shape forthe tournament, with the L ee Platesabout in the middle of the tees, de-pending on the direction of the wind.
Crack Golfer* Entered.
Every golfer of note about Wash-
ington has entered the tournament Inone of the largest entry lists the
FLOOD WATERS ROUT CAMPERS ON POTOMAC
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<l^tiMß^; Jj
The upper pirfure made on the inctnfa shore, alnne Key Brldiff. give* an Idea of the extent to which theriver has risen and shown ran van and frame camps partly submerged
The lower shows some of the campers who were forced to abandon camp, moving: their effects to higherground.
Chevy Chase tournament has everhad—2l6 golfers being scheduled to
get away from the first tee in thequalifying round, with hut 64 toqualify. The list includes young Ro-land MacKenzie, seventeen-year-oldwinner of the Washington and IndianSpring tournaments; his father, themiddle Atlantic holder; WalterR. Tuckerman. holder of the Districtamateur title and Chevy Chase crack;C. J. Dunphy. Miller R. Stevinson.Donald Woodward and a number ofother Columbia' stars. From out ofthe city are H. Lennox Bond. 3d, oneof Baltimore's finest players; JohnO. Maxwell of Philadelphia andGeorge B. Robinson of Toronto. lonerepresentative of the group of Cana-dians who have for the past halfdozen years com! to play in theChevy Chase tourney. George S. Lyon,sixty-five-year-old Canadian star,won the event two years ago. Thefield is the finest that has entered inany tournament hereabouts this yearin point of skill, and should RolandMacKenzie again win. there cannotbe the slightest shadow of doubtabout his right to be called the lead-ing golfer of the year about Wash-ington. Guy M. Standifer, a formerDistrict champion, is entered to playin his first tourney of the year.
SENATE CONSIDERINGAPPROPRIATION BILL
Phipps Seeks to Expedite Measure
and Urge Committee Action onCramton Proposal.
Consideration of the District appro-priation bill by the Senate subcom-mittee of the committee on appro-priations was begun at 2 o’clock thisafternoon. Senator Phipps of Colo-rado, chairman of the subcommittee,before going into the meeting saidthat it was his purpose to expeditethe bill.
The District Commissioners and theauditor for the District met with thecommittee this afternoon, for the pur-pose of explaining the need of in-cluding in the bill some of the Itemswhich were eliminated during its con-sideration in the House committee ofthe whole.
It was expected that the DistrictCommissioners would lay before thecommittee also their reasons for theiropposition to the so-called Cramtonamendment, which does away withthe 60-40 plan of appropriating forthe District and substitutes a lumpsum contribution of $8,000,000 by thefederal government to aid in the up-keep of the National Capital duringthe coming fiscal year.
Senator Phipps, who is known tooppose the change in the law pro-posed by the Cramton amendment,said today that the committee woulddetermine when ill met what courseshould be adopted with regard to theconsideration of the Cramton amend-ment.
By the Associated Press*SPEZIA, Italy, May 13.—Earth-
quakes need no longer cause loss oflife, according to Prof. Caseili, seis-mologist, who claims to have con-
structed an apparatus, already pat-
ented, whereby earthquakes are an-nounced at least fifteen minutes be-
fore they occur.
The scientist also claims to be
able with very slight possibility oferror to locate beforehand the cen-ters of telluric phenomena, their In-tensity and the situation of theirmost Intense manifestations
Claims PoincareDownfall AloneSaved Dawes Plan
( ry the ARSoristcd Press.LONDON. May 13.—The Evening-
Standard today says: “Th« Eve-ning- Standard is able to revealthe truth about the famous Anglo-Bclgian parley at Chequers Courta week ago last Saturday. In fact,that parley was quit£ fruitless,owing to the intranaigeaut atti-tude of M. Poincare and but forthe totally unexpected and sweep-ing swing to the left of the Frenchelectorate the fate of the entente,
the Dawes' scheme and a Europeansettlement would have beenscaled.”
BILL TO GRANT D. C.$4,438,000 HELD BY
U. S. IS APPROVED(Continued from First Page.)
day said that the citizens of the Dis-j trict are willing to stand on the
i merits of the case as presented bythese two witnesses and on the ac-
| tion by the Senate.
Answer* Blanton Charge*.
Maj. Donovan, speaking for theDistrict officials, replied in behalf ofthe assessors to charges made yes-
terday by Representative Blantonregarding the assessment for taxa-tion on Meridian Mansions, which he
claimed was only about one-flfth ofits actual market value.
Maj. Donovan said that this apart-ment house was assessed for $1,500,-000. Representative Blanton hadstated that the present owner toldhim he had put improvements to thevalue of approximately $3,000,000 on
this properly. Donovan said thatthe improvements were not in ex-cess of $50,000, according to the rec-ords of the building inspector's office.He referred to testimony by BatesWarren, one of the largest apartment
house operators in the District, givenbefore the Rent Commission at ahearing when property values wereat their peak, that the value of Me-
ridian Mansions was $1,800,000. Healso called the attention of the'com-mittee to the fact that an owner ofone-third of his property had sold atfigures approximating this valuation.
Maj. Donovan continued his dis-cussion of the minority report filedby former Representative Evans, whowas a member of the joint specialcommittee. The members of thecommittee said that Maj. Donovanhad satisfied them as to why the
! joint special committee had not gonej back to the year 1872 in makingj their investigation, because a pre-j vious investigation had covered that
! period and the District of Columbiai had actually paid to the federal gov-
ernment $2,500,000 as a result of thatearlier survey.
The members of the subcommitteesaid that Maj. Donovan had also sat-isfactorily shown them, as had alsoRepresentative Hardy, why the jointspecial committee had not includedthe cost of the Library of Congress,Lincoln Memorial and other struc-
I ture.s in the National Capital in the
(charges against the District account,
i These were the two principal ob-) jections on which the Evans minority
; re[x»rt, on which Representative| Blanton is basing his opposition toI recognition of the surplus, was founded.
Maj. Donovan emphasized, and the1 committee members acquiesced, thatj there was complete unanimity ofI r,[ inion with respect to the surplusI in the report of tho joint committeej with which the controller general
< cr-curved and the report of theTreasury Department anti the ac-counts of the auditor’s office of theDistrict.
Agree I pon Surplus.
He emphasized that the joint selectcommittee through outside auditors,the controller general of theStates. representing the UnitedSlates, and the auditor of the Dis-tiic,t, representing the District, allagreed that above and beyond evervknown obligation covered by lawthere is now in the United StatesTreasury $4,438,000 belonging to theDistrict of Columbia.
Representative Stanley H. Kunz.Democrat of Illinois, moved that thesubcommittee make a favorable re-porh He said that the attack madeby Representative Blanton vesterdaywas not substantiated by 'him. butthat it had been answered to the com-plete satisfaction of the subcommitteeby Maj, Donovan. RepresentativeKunz said that no matter what theattitude of the committee might beRepresentative Blanton would be iriopposition, and even if the full com-mittee made a unanimous report infavor of the bill. RepresentativeBlanton would ask lime in opposition."He always demands an hour, uses upfifty-five minutes of it himself andgives five minutes to other objectors,"said Representative Kunz.
Ohio Bans Sunday Movies.COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 13.—Motion
Pictures were held to be theatricalperformances by the Ohio supremecourt today and are barred from be-ing exhibited on Sundays.
The decision was given in the ap-peal of W. K. Richards, operator of amotion picture theater at Findlay,from a sentence of SIOO and costsimposed by local courts for operatingon Sunday.
Three Bandits Rob Bank.WALPETON, X. D„ May 13.—Three
robbers broke into the State Bankof Abercrombie, about twelve milesnorth of here early today, demolishedthe safe and safety deposit boxesand escaped with $5,000 in cash,$4,250 in iiberty bonds and an unde-termined amount of collateral.
Stone Dismissessl-a~Year Agents;
Many ProminentA number of widely known men
were on Department of Justicerolls as sl-a-year secret agents
when Attorney General Stonetook office last month, but the last
of them have been separated
from the service.
The list as submitted to the•Senate Daugherty committee to-day by the Justice Department in-cluded: Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.,C. D. Hilles, former chairman ofthe Republican national commit-tee; Federal Judge George A. Car-penter of Chicago; John K. Tener,former Governor of Pennsylvaniaand base ball magnate; formerSenator Coleman T. du Pont ofDelaware; I. H. Hoover, chiefushers at the White House; FredW. Upham, treasurer of the Re-publican national committee, andE. B. McLean, publisher of theWashington Post.
Holds Influence of Near StarsMay Cause Great Earthquakes
Signor Caselli's telluric prophecies
for last March, which, were depositedwith a notary her© some time in ad-vance of th© expected disturbances,were confirmed by subsequent events.
His studies of the recent earth-quake at Abruzzl, he declares, con-vinced him that telluric phenomenain their electro-magnetic manifesta-tions unmistakably influence animalsbefore the seismic movement begins.
Prof. Caselll is inclined to believethe theory, which, he says/ wasknown to the ancients, that greatseimsic movements may be producedby electro-magnetism developed bythe stars of our planetary systemduring the periods of their greatestproximity to the earth.
SAYS 34 ESCAPEDDRY PROSECUTIONS *
Prohibition Agent Tells ProbtrsWork Went for Naught
After 1921.
PAID SMALL FINES ONLY
Cites Offer of “Six Thousand” to
Pass Whisky Carload.
When the Harding administrationtook office in 1921 prohibition agents
were engaged in "cleaning up th-liquor situation in Washington," th-'Senate Daugherty committee was toi'itoday, but thirty-four persons am!places purveying intoxicants all escaped prosecution.
TVils of ArreKls.H. J, Burton, former agent for the
prohibition unit, but now in the serviceof the Governor of Ohio, testified thathe was one of the men assigned to thework iale in February, 1921, a few daysbefore inauguration. With five asso-ciates and the local police he mad thearrests, ho said, and served the war-rants on "bootleggers operating mainlythrough the hotels.” AM the cases were¦ pood enough for convictions. Burton as- i
j serted, but tho persons arrested werei allowed to forfeit small bonds, .••m! jr,
I some cases to return to their occupa-tion undisturbed.
In July, 1921, the yacht Tramjy.i ,was seized in the lagoon of the Cleve-land Yacht Club with forty-two case-of liquor on board, and thesaid that Chief of Police Christianson.of Jjakewood. Ohio, a Cleveland sui.urb. was concerned in the case j..December, 1921. the yacht Venice w*seized in Cleveland with nineiv.-cases of liquor. “Capt. Curry p. ¦"Burnie and police officers in Lakwood were among those indictedCurry being in charge of both yacht
; As a - result of the two seizure,
i Burton testified, the? steward of tt,
} Union Club of Cleveland was "pvs'j away" on a conspiracy charge. }ltj .j all the other defendants "were ..
! lowed to plead guilty and pav a mt!’-j fine."
i The Armond Drug and Candy Corj pany of Ohio withdrew 229,000 quar-of whisky during the spring an-'
I summer of 1921, the witnesses sa,..'j from the Hayner distillery', at Tro.
1 Ohio, and George Beaus, the "whisk',king” of Cincinnati, was in the d*a'!He recited that prohibition agent-
j picked up a man coming from, tip-
I office of Ungerleider & Co., broker?j at Cleveland, with permits for wit;
I drawa! of 15,000 barrels of whiskj Samuel Ungerleider. frequently met.j tioned in the testimony, was one
i the owners of the brokerage com-pany and also of the Hayner dtiilery. Burton said, and on one ¦casion a large quantity of whi?was found at the Ungerleider offic-
Claim* Whisky Returned.
Burton also (old of seizures •
liquor in and around Cleveland. Fr- •
Morris Dressier, an associate of Nick-Amstein, 422 cases and ten barrelswhisky was seized in August, 19’>
j he said, but the case was not pro:-| outed and the whisky was returns,
(¦'Cheeks” Ginsberg and Benny Gin( berg worked with Arnstein, ho cor)tinued, and several shipments owhisky to and from them were int?:copied by prohibition agents duri:the next two years, but there was r
j prosecution so far as be knew,
j From Schuster & Co., a wholes-*i drug concern in Cleveland. Bur;-'
said, he purchased twenty gallons c!liquor as evidence in January, 1921.
j "The case was continued and cor‘tinued.” he said, “but in 1923 the
j company compromised without aI criminal prosecution for a paym.cn:of $4,400.”
He declared that in March 1924there were 11,000 permits outstandingin Ohio which allowed liquor sal*?,
though in March, 1921, there had bee;,but 3,000 outstanding.
Whisky Rilled As Lumber.
j William Bressler. an attornc; stopped Burton in February, 1922,
j the Cleveland Federal building, th-
t witness said, and told him he repre-; sented Ungerleider & Co.. and
| that the firm was “willing to pay-
six thousand" to secure the release
of a carload of whisky, billed a?
“lumber." which stood at the timethe Nickel Plate railroad track? tin-
| dec surveillance by pr<-hibitio:I agents.! There was no prosecution. Furt-v
; declared, in the entire Armond drug
! case. The committee adjourned u- 1| til tomorrow without completing its
j questioning of him.
GREAT FALLS PLANLEGAL. SAYS STONE
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Capital by furnishing a public utility
service which modern life makes* con-
venient and almost indispensableThis is the answer made by Attorney iGeneral Stone to Acting ChairmanZihlman of the House District com-mittee in reply to an inquiry mad-
I by direction of the committee. whiFasked to be advised (1) as to th<
! power of the federal government to
! condemn land for public, use: (2>
whether ttie government can occupy
and use such land after the con-demnation proceeding?* are institutedwithout awaiting the final Judgmentso the court.
In summing up the Attorney Geteral says that "the development • ¦water power at Great Falls might 1-incidental to the exclusive authority
to legislate for the District of Colum-bia, or derived from the supreme au-thority over navigation.”
The Attorney General’s reporta lengthy document quoting manyauthorities and cases. It says that"Congress alone has power to leg:?late for the District of Columbia byvirtue of article 1, section 8, para-graph 17. This power is com pie!and unlimited and covers both poll!;cal and municipal questions.
“Itwould seem that whatever Con-gress may do with respect to the d<-velopment of hydroelectric power at
Great Palls in order to furnish th*District of Columbia with electric en-ergy would be subject to the principies which have been thoroughly e?
tablished in United States versaGettysburg Electric Company. Th<judgment of Congress that ripariailand and water rights shall be condemned for this purpose should prvail unless many cases are to be overruled.
Declare* Right Exist?.
“When the legislature itself .
pressly declared the purpose or u;
to be a public one, or what amount-to the same thing, expressly authotizes a taking for a use specificall'described, its judgment will be ac-cepted by the courts unless the u?r
is palpably without reasonable foundation." g
In another place in his report th-Attorney Genera! points out that "itwould seem to be appropriate forCongress to provide for the develop-ment of hydroelectric energy at GreatFalls and dispose of the same. Thismay be more a question of policy thanof power, incidental to the District’swater supply.
"As the supreme legislative author-ity for the District of Columbia, andhaving numerous governmental estab-lishments which consume large quan-tities of electric current, there wouldbe some ground for a declaration bvCongress that such hydroelectric de- ,velopment was necessary and expedi.ent. There is no objection to theUnited States condemning land toconserve its revenue as a busines*proposition.”
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