ROOSEVELT BEFORE U. S. OIL GRAND JURY Assistant Secretary of Navy to Tell cf Kis Part in Tea- pot Leases. GRIFFIN' ALSO ON STAND Admiral Once Protested Transfer of Reserves. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant sec- retary of the Navy, and Hear'Admiral R. S. Oriflin. retired, were the chief witnesses today as the special fed- eral grand jury resumed Its inquiry jnto charges of fraud and corruption in connection with the naval oil leases. 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 and leased them to Harry F. Sinclair and Edward 1.. Doheny. Also at the re- quest of Fall, Roosevelt sent marines to Teapot Dome in the summer of 1922 to drive off "squatters" after that reserve had been taken over by Sinclair. A\ ns in I’hargf of Reserve*. Admiral Griffin, formerly chief of t lie bureau of engineers, was in jharge of the reserves for a number of years and was one of the naval officers who protested vigorously to Secretary Dcnby against their trahs- fer to the Interior Department. He sought to amend the original draft of the Executive order so as to leave '¦ontrol with the Navy, but testified before the Senate oil committee that an amendment he had written into the order was completely changed in the Interior Department. Roosevelt also suggested changes in the original draft, and sfne.e the resigna- tion of Dcnby has stated that he op- posed the transfer from the first, but kept silent because he did not want to be pul in the position of "running out ’ on his chief. Furnished Sensation. In bringing his brother Archie before the Senate committee last January Mr. Roosevelt produced one of the many sensations in the Senate inquiry. He related that he listened in on a tele- phone conversation between his brother and G. D. Wahlberg, formerly private secretary to Sinclair, in which there was a mention of $68,00P sent to the foreman of Fall's New Mexico rancti. Ollier witness*-s before the grand jury loday were Harvey A. Wilcox of El i’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 New Mexico witnesses were said to have knowledge regarding expenditures made by Fail in New Mexico after his ap- pointment to the cabinet. NOTRE DAME CHAPEL DEDICATED TODAY Archbishop Curley Presides at Rites at $500,000 Edifice at Trinity. The new JoOO.OOO Chapel of Xotpe Dame at Trinity College was dedicat- ed today by Archbishop Cnriey at a brilliant ceremony attended by prom- inent members of the diplomatic corps and church dignitaries. Archbishop Cnriey pontificated at solemn 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. Carroll Milholland. S. S. Over a thousand persons attended the dedication of the new church. The structure is a free rendering of the Byzantine style built of Ken- tucky limestone with a roof of Span- ish mottled tile surmounted by a stone lantern, on top of which there is a sculptured bronze - cross. Over the portico there is a sculptured fig- ure of the Mother of God and the Divine Child. Interior of MarMc. The interior walls of the church are finished in Italian marble, the base of the walls being trimmed in black marble. The dome and naive are tiled with guastavino tile, with gold and erahesque designs. In the dome are icxteen stained-glass windows, repre- senting four angels and archangels in prayer. The intervening wall space is_ adorned with symbolic reliefs. The walls of the chancel are of sil- ver Sienna marble, with marble col- umns and a large number of gold mosaics in figures symbolizing va- rious phases of life. Ihe main altar of yellow Brescian marble is dedicated to Xotre Dame, nod is the gift of the alumnae asso- ciations of all the schools conducted by the Sisters of Notre Dame de xamur. I’he marble altar rails are me gift of the iadies of the auxiliary I'Oard. The sanctuary is of rose and uark green marble, with steps of black marble leading to the altar. The aisles are of Tranni marble. The transpet altar also is of Brescian yellow marble. The altar to the east was given by Trin- ity College and the altar to the west by the mother of a former student 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 adorn me church. There are numbers of ornamented decorations and chan- deliers. A large organ of 10,000 :>ipes is contained in the chapel. The seating capacity is about 1,000. Paulist Choir Slid. The Pauiist choir furnished the music and Bishop Thomas J. Shanan rector of the Catholic University,’ preached the sermon. A letter of congratulation from Pope Pius XI. congratulating the college, was read. .More than sixty priests were in the sanctuary. -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 the Italian embassy; Assistant Attorney General Davis; the provincial superior of the eastern province of the Sisters of Notre Dame; the president of Em- manuel College, Boston; members of the advisory board of the college; ladies of the auxiliary board and numerous alumnae students and friends. 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 be prosecuted on a charge of assisting ' in the kidnaping of nine-year-old Jean Thompson last Friday. Doyle, arrested here Sunday as he stepped from a train from Boston, was released on a writ of habeas corpus after being in custody about an hour. It is expected the charge will be formally dismissed when he appears in circuit court on the habeas corpus writ. Hundreds Are Homeless in Floods Sweeping Down Potomac Toward D. C. j <Continued from First Page.' j would be safe ground, but it was said j that shortly before 1 o'clock the i water was beginning to .run into the j first floor and it was feared that i within another hour it would be half I a foot deep there. Overflows la Canal. In many places the waters of the j Potomac and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal have merged and for miles the canal cannot be seen. From Syca- more Island to below Chain bridge the towpath has been obliterated. Reports from near rtarpers Ferry an- nounced the canal had virtually been ruined in that section. The repairs made after the last flood, a little more than a month ago, have been washed away 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 has been covered in many places, and it is probable the water will reach al- most to the road in other places when the crest of the flood meets the in- coming tide at 3 o'clock this after- noon. The river off the Speedway is a mass of debris, and half a dozen runaway launches, torn from their moorings up the river, were salvaged when the reached the broader, quieter waters near Haines Point. Crest Passe* Harpers Ferry . The flood section of the weather bureau announced at noon that the crest had passed Harpers Ferry and the water was subsiding. The high- water mark was reached at twenty- eight feet, ten feet above flood stage. At Riverton, a few miles below, the measurements showed thirty-four feet. In Washington at 8 o'clock this morning the river was nine feet above flood stage and was expected to go another foot before it begins to subside. Datest dispatches from up the river declared that Cumberland, Harrison- burg, Harpers Ferry and other towns will be in darkness tonight as a re- sult of dams belonging to electric j power plants bursting. Dam No. 6, I one of tlie largest in the river, was swept away early today. Railroads are making every effort to save their bridges by backing cars loaded with freight upon them. Forty-five cars of coal have been run onto the Shenandoah division bridge at Har- pers Ferry, but it is feared it will be 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 second stories, 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, when the raging waters of the Potomac and the Shenandoah began to over- flow - into the streets, residents have been fleeing to the higher portions cf town overlooking the rivers. Business lias been completely abandoned, all trains have stopped tunning and the writer is now lit- »rally sitting in the water of the I’otomac at the office of the Harpers Ferry Paper Company, the buildings of which are inundated by the raging torrent. This is said to be the only telephone in town that is still in' commission. Properly Damage Heavy. Property damage is mounting to the thousands. Tfm waters have now reached a depth of twenty-seven feet six inches above normal, more than six feet higher than the disastrous high water of March 29. The railroad trestle of the B. and O line over the Shenandoah just above I Harpers Ferry is expected to go at! any minute. The water has almost reached the tracks, and officials of the road do not believe it will stand the 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 is complete under water. Boats are running through the streets and houses on Shenandoah street are com- pletely inundated. The post office and hotel are standing in six feet of wa- ter. The post office has opened tem- porary headquarters at the Harpers Ferry Bank, water reaching only the lower floor. Auto Traffic Stopped. Driftwood and debris are filling the streets, and breaking the windows of the stores. All automobile traffic in both directions has been stopped. A congestion of automobiles is on the Maryland side as far as Sandy Hook, and the western side as far as Bolivar. Thousands of sightseers from sur- rounding towns are viewing the de- struction from high points of vantage. No casualties have been reported as yet, although the property damage, on account of the swift current aaid piling up of debris, is said to be mounting steadily. Because of the electric light service being out of commission the town will be In dark- ness tonight. On the Maryland side of Harpers Ferry, the river is lashing itseif against the rocks, throwing spray as high as fifteen feet, and overflow- ing its banks into the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. At Weverton the river has almost reached the tracks of 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 rising at that point, and the whole west end of the town is inundated from back- water up Little Tonolway Creek, which empties into the Potomac at that point, from the bridge as far east as the Methodist Episcopal Church. The residents have been obliged to abandon the first floors of their homes. Both Big Tonolway and Licking Creeks are away beyond their banks east of Hancock, and the National Highway is closed to travel, as the bridges over these streams are cov- ered with high water. Lioyd L Shaf- I fer. clerk of the Allegany County cir- cuit court, returning from the east. Is marooned at Big Spring Hotel. Rail Traffic Halted. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad east of Cumberland is at a complete standstill, with water over the tracks at many points between Pattersons Creek and Cherry Run. Trains are being detoured over the Western Maryland and Pennsylvania roads. The river began falling here early yesterday evening. The rise east of here is due to the heavy flood poured in by the South Branch, Pattersons Creek, Cacapon River, Sideling Hill Creek and other tributaries. The South Branch, which is itself a good sized river normally, is the highest in many years, and has caused great damage to the Romney branch or the Baltimore and Ohio, besides inundat- ing the town of Moorefield. The Western Maryland is still tied up between here and Elkins, but the damage is largely in washing out re- pair work from the last flood. The line, it is expected, will be open in a day or two. Reports from Kltzmilier and Blaine state then* places did not suffer nearly as badfr as from the last flood. City in Darkness. The flood here affected the street lights, and Company G, Ist Regiment. Maryland National Guard, was called out on patrol duty last night as the city was in darkness. This la the second time this year the local guard unit has aided the poliefle in patrolling the city. The flood drove about fifty families from their homes on Water and Pax- ton streets. Piedmont. The Red Cross has given notice that it is ready to extend relief. Baltimore street, this city, which was swept by the flood again yester- day, was much damaged, and a Large force is employed today in cleaning it and restoring the paving for the big parade of the Grand Commandery of the Knights of Malta tomorrow, when 3.000 are expected to march. The flood began to recede here late yesterday afternoon, and by 7 o'clock the streets were 'Rear of water. The damage to property, it turns out. was small in comparison to March 29, as people generally took warning and removed their goods. Water from Wills Creek joined the Potomac River water at the Chesapeake and Ohio (’anal break here and spread over a large area, inundating the properties of the Cessna. I.umber Company, the Cumberland Sash and IKxir Company, the base ball park and Footers' Dye Work*. It ii feared the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal below here has been badly torn. Flood Proves (Jon Meeting. A meeting of engineers In conjunc- tion with city officials and business men will be held at the <nty hall to- morrow to discuss flood prevention. Tills meeting had been arranged through the mayor and city counsel several weeks ago as an aftermath of the flood of Marcli 29. Mayor Koon telegraphed Representative Zihiman at Washington yesterday asking that he use his efforts toward having the War Department send an engineer here for tomorrow's meeting. A re- ply came that the matter was taken up and the department promised to send an engineer here Thursday to consult with other engineers and city officials The flood below here Ms now four feet higher than the last flood. Cletus Funkhouser. thirty years old. Winchester lumber Curporatlop foreman, 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 has not been recovered. He was u native of 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 morning the Allegheny and Monongahela riv- ers here reached a flood crest of slightly more than 26 feet shortly before noon today. United States weather bureau observers said the waters would begin to recede during the 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 Allegheny were flooded. Families living in the lowlands near the downtown section were forc- ed to leave their homes when the waters reached their dwellings. Fair weather was reported today over the Allegheny and Monongahela watersheds and observers believed the rivers 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 caused a large portion of the inhabitants of Harpers Ferry, W. Va., to flee to higher ground early today. P-ack- water from the river extends ten miles to the outskirts of Charles- town, W. Va.. and is from seven to ten feet deep. The government guage on the Potomac at Harpers Keiry registered twenty-nine feet above normal this morning, the high- est since 1359, with indications of another foot rise before receding. Railroad bridges were weighted down with ooal trains from end to end. All main line traffic was sus- pended. Water came within a foot of the, Ferry bridge floor on the Shenandoah, thirty-five feet above low water. The Norfolk and Western and Southern railways suspended operations on Shenandoah divisions. Efforts to detour were Im- possible. Water was within a foot of the boilers in the Northern Virginia Power Company’s steam plant at Millville The Front Uoyal-Riverton municipal electric plant was buried under water, only the root showing Hydro-electric plants at Harrison- burg. Woodstock. Edinburg and other towns were flooded and out of com- mission. MAN SWEPT TO DEATH. Much Property Damage Done by Rappahannock Flood. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG. Va., May 13. The Rappahannock River at this city today is in the throes of the worst since the Johnstown flood in 1889, with water twenty-five feet above normal and doing much dam- age to the water front. William Lucas was swept to death while trying to rescue a small boat, while several others had narrow es- capes from drowning while fording feeder streams. The dwelling house and Gillum’s mill dam at Rapidan, forty miles above Fredericksburg, were washed away, and numerous fishing shacks, shanties, chicken houses, vegetation, trees and other debris are floating down with the swift current. The wharf and warehouses of the Balti- more and Virginia Steamboat Com- pany are inundated and the Standard Oil plant is nearly submerged. Two thousand railroad ties were washed away from J. W. Master’s lumber wharf, and the Berry Packing Company's plant at Falmouth Is un- der wateiv while other damage is re- sulting along the river front. The River road, leading to Falmouth, one mile away, is covered by water, and the lowlands for miles are inundated. WATERS STILL RISING. Seven Bridges Washed Away, With Others Threatened. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND. Va., May 13—Al- though the crest of the freshest In virtually every river and stream in Virginia was thought to have been reached during last night, the Shen- andoah was still rising early today and government forecasters predicted the James river at Richmond would go two or three feet higher before it began to recede. The Shenandoah. Tappahannock, Rivanna and tribn- tary streams were reported falling. The James river, after rising to thirty-one feet at Columbia and nine- teen and one-tenth feet at Lynch- burg, was reported falling at those places today. The greatest damage reported was sustained at Charlottesville where loss was estimated at over $200,000. The Rivanna river was twenty-five feet above normal; seven bridges have been washed away; several manufacturing plants were flooded and others had been forced to shut down and the city was without elec- tric lights and street car service as a result of the high waters. In the Shenandoah Valley, where the Shenandoah River Is higher than it has been In fifty years, roads are covered with from six inches to six feet of water. Many stores and resi- dences have been flooded. inhabi- tants of the low lands spent the day moving their possessions to higher land. Storm warnings were received in time to allow farmers to remove all live stock to safety but agricul- tural and garden crops were wiped out. Many bridges along the Shenandoah are reported in danger. Southern and Norfolk and Western tracks are under from four to six feet of water which has risen two feet above the tracks 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 is believed to have been fat the middle Alps. The tremors were noted only in the upper stories of houses. THE EVENING STAB. WASHINGTON. D. €.. TUESDAY. MAN' 13. 1924. STRICT LAWS GUARD MARYLAND DOGWOOD | Despoilers Liable to Both Fine and j Prison—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 Virginia are under consideration by those be- hind the dogwood campaign, it is be- lieved the bill for the District will bs different from the Maryland law In many paxtciulars. The Maryland act became effective June 1, 1918, since which time there have been many arrests and many fines assessed. "It shall be unlawful.’’ reads the act, “for any person to remove, take, cut, break, injure or destroy any tree, shrub, vine, flower, moss or tnrf from the land or premises of an- other or cut or attempt to cut, burn or attempt to bum, girdle or attempt to 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 of the owner thereof, or under the per- sonal direction of such owner; and any 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 of proper jurisdiction shall be punish- able by a fln© of not less than $5 or more than 325, or by imprisonment of not less than thirty or more than ninety days, or both. Provided, how- ever, that nothing herein contained shall apply to trimming of trees under the supervision of the state board of forestry." PLEASE’ , MS, LEAVE THE -YArT FOR. i lIIIfNJOY FIND 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 Kern River oil fields. Reconstruction of the squalodent, Morrice said today, has been made in Germany, Australia and England from much less portions of the mammal than he has found. The skeleton weighs 260 pounds and has a head larger than that of an ele- phant. Morrice will communicate news of his find to government of- ficials. M’CALLUM IN LEAD OF 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 three days, golfers in the first day of the qualifying round of the Chevy Chase Club's annual spring tournament to- day found the going heavy. W. R. McCallum of the Washington Golf and Country Club had the lowest score turned In up to 1 o’clock with a card of 79. C. E. Courtney of Chevy Chase was in second place with S 3, while Iceland Harrison was 85. Other scores turned in up to 1 o'clock follow: Horace Green, Chevy Chase, 91; Morven Thompson, Chevy Chase, 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; Harry Wardman. 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 a local rule providing that a buried ball in the fairway may be dropped without penalty. The ball is not to be cleaned on the putting green. McCallum's score follows: Out- Par 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 McCallum ..5 4436546 4—41 In — Par 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 McCallum ..344 44754 4—38—79 114 GOLFERS START OUT IN QUALIFYING ROUND AT CHEVY CHASE CLUB One hundred and fourteen golfers started out today in the first day’s play of the qualifying round of the Chevy Chase Club’s annual spring golf tournament, knowing that but thirty-two of this number, half the entire field of sixty-four qualifiers, can make the grade when the scores are all in tomorrow night. Prom a glance at the entry list. It appears that thoso men who qual- ify today have a harder assignment than those who play tomorrow, from at least three angles. In the first place, the field which starts today Is larger than that of tomorrow. In the second place, the group of low scor- ers, first sixteen men, is larger, and In the third place the longer the course,has without rain the faster it will be and the lower the scores In consequence. The course today is slow and soggy In places, with heavy lies the rule and a local rule permitting the ball to be dropped In case It is buried on fair- way or green in effect, San and wind may dry up the course today so these rules will not have to be put into ef- fect tomorrow. Chevy Chase, as did the other courses, had a thorough soaking Saturday night and Sunday, and will take three or four days of fln© weather to completely dry out. Notwithstanding the rain, the course 5s generally in first class shape for the tournament, with the L ee Plates about 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 In one of the largest entry lists the FLOOD WATERS ROUT CAMPERS ON POTOMAC iVI / sHK'"'^l ni*jg " <l^tiMß^; Jj The upper pirfure made on the inctnfa shore, alnne Key Brldiff. give* an Idea of the extent to which the river 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 higher ground. Chevy Chase tournament has ever had—2l6 golfers being scheduled to get away from the first tee in the qualifying round, with hut 64 to qualify. The list includes young Ro- land MacKenzie, seventeen-year-old winner of the Washington and Indian Spring tournaments; his father, the middle Atlantic holder; Walter R. Tuckerman. holder of the District amateur title and Chevy Chase crack; C. J. Dunphy. Miller R. Stevinson. Donald Woodward and a number of other Columbia' stars. From out of the city are H. Lennox Bond. 3d, one of Baltimore's finest players; John O. Maxwell of Philadelphia and George B. Robinson of Toronto. lone representative of the group of Cana- dians who have for the past half dozen years com! to play in the Chevy Chase tourney. George S. Lyon, sixty-five-year-old Canadian star, won the event two years ago. The field is the finest that has entered in any tournament hereabouts this year in point of skill, and should Roland MacKenzie again win. there cannot be the slightest shadow of doubt about his right to be called the lead- ing golfer of the year about Wash- ington. Guy M. Standifer, a former District champion, is entered to play in his first tourney of the year. SENATE CONSIDERING APPROPRIATION BILL Phipps Seeks to Expedite Measure and Urge Committee Action on Cramton 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 this afternoon. Senator Phipps of Colo- rado, chairman of the subcommittee, before going into the meeting said that it was his purpose to expedite the bill. The District Commissioners and the auditor for the District met with the committee this afternoon, for the pur- pose of explaining the need of in- cluding in the bill some of the Items which were eliminated during its con- sideration in the House committee of the whole. It was expected that the District Commissioners would lay before the committee also their reasons for their opposition to the so-called Cramton amendment, which does away with the 60-40 plan of appropriating for the District and substitutes a lump sum contribution of $8,000,000 by the federal government to aid in the up- keep of the National Capital during the coming fiscal year. Senator Phipps, who is known to oppose the change in the law pro- posed by the Cramton amendment, said today that the committee would determine when ill met what course should be adopted with regard to the consideration of the Cramton amend- ment. By the Associated Press* SPEZIA, Italy, May 13.—Earth- quakes need no longer cause loss of life, 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 of error to locate beforehand the cen- ters of telluric phenomena, their In- tensity and the situation of their most Intense manifestations Claims Poincare Downfall Alone Saved Dawes Plan ( ry the ARSoristcd Press. LONDON. May 13.—The Evening- Standard today says: “Th« Eve- ning- Standard is able to reveal the truth about the famous Anglo- Bclgian parley at Chequers Court a week ago last Saturday. In fact, that parley was quit£ fruitless, owing to the intranaigeaut atti- tude of M. Poincare and but for the totally unexpected and sweep- ing swing to the left of the French electorate the fate of the entente, the Dawes' scheme and a European settlement would have been scaled.” 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 by these two witnesses and on the ac- | tion by the Senate. Answer* Blanton Charge*. Maj. Donovan, speaking for the District officials, replied in behalf of the assessors to charges made yes- terday by Representative Blanton regarding the assessment for taxa- tion on Meridian Mansions, which he claimed was only about one-flfth of its actual market value. Maj. Donovan said that this apart- ment house was assessed for $1,500,- 000. Representative Blanton had stated that the present owner told him he had put improvements to the value of approximately $3,000,000 on this properly. Donovan said that the 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 Bates Warren, one of the largest apartment house operators in the District, given before the Rent Commission at a hearing when property values were at their peak, that the value of Me- ridian Mansions was $1,800,000. He also called the attention of the'com- mittee to the fact that an owner of one-third of his property had sold at figures approximating this valuation. Maj. Donovan continued his dis- cussion of the minority report filed by former Representative Evans, who was a member of the joint special committee. The members of the committee said that Maj. Donovan had satisfied them as to why the ! joint special committee had not gone j back to the year 1872 in making j their investigation, because a pre- j vious investigation had covered that ! period and the District of Columbia i had actually paid to the federal gov- ernment $2,500,000 as a result of that earlier survey. The members of the subcommittee said that Maj. Donovan had also sat- isfactorily shown them, as had also Representative Hardy, why the joint special committee had not included the 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 to I recognition of the surplus, was founded. Maj. Donovan emphasized, and the 1 committee members acquiesced, that j there was complete unanimity of I r,[ inion with respect to the surplus I in the report of tho joint committee j with which the controller general < cr-curved and the report of the Treasury Department anti the ac- counts of the auditor’s office of the District. Agree I pon Surplus. He emphasized that the joint select committee through outside auditors, the controller general of the States. representing the United Slates, and the auditor of the Dis- tiic,t, representing the District, all agreed that above and beyond everv known obligation covered by law there is now in the United States Treasury $4,438,000 belonging to the District of Columbia. Representative Stanley H. Kunz. Democrat of Illinois, moved that the subcommittee make a favorable re- porh He said that the attack made by Representative Blanton vesterday was not substantiated by 'him. but that it had been answered to the com- plete satisfaction of the subcommittee by Maj, Donovan. Representative Kunz said that no matter what the attitude of the committee might be Representative Blanton would be iri opposition, and even if the full com- mittee made a unanimous report in favor of the bill. Representative Blanton would ask lime in opposition. "He always demands an hour, uses up fifty-five minutes of it himself and gives five minutes to other objectors," said Representative Kunz. Ohio Bans Sunday Movies. COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 13.—Motion Pictures were held to be theatrical performances by the Ohio supreme court today and are barred from be- ing exhibited on Sundays. The decision was given in the ap- peal of W. K. Richards, operator of a motion picture theater at Findlay, from a sentence of SIOO and costs imposed by local courts for operating on Sunday. Three Bandits Rob Bank. WALPETON, X. D„ May 13.—Three robbers broke into the State Bank of Abercrombie, about twelve miles north of here early today, demolished the safe and safety deposit boxes and escaped with $5,000 in cash, $4,250 in iiberty bonds and an unde- termined amount of collateral. Stone Dismisses sl-a~Year Agents; Many Prominent A number of widely known men were on Department of Justice rolls as sl-a-year secret agents when Attorney General Stone took 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 of the Republican national commit- tee; Federal Judge George A. Car- penter of Chicago; John K. Tener, former Governor of Pennsylvania and base ball magnate; former Senator Coleman T. du Pont of Delaware; I. H. Hoover, chief ushers at the White House; Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the Re- publican national committee, and E. B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post. Holds Influence of Near Stars May Cause Great Earthquakes Signor Caselli's telluric prophecies for last March, which, were deposited with 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 phenomena in their electro-magnetic manifesta- tions unmistakably influence animals before the seismic movement begins. Prof. Caselll is inclined to believe the theory, which, he says/ was known to the ancients, that great seimsic movements may be produced by electro-magnetism developed by the stars of our planetary system during the periods of their greatest proximity to the earth. SAYS 34 ESCAPED DRY PROSECUTIONS * Prohibition Agent Tells Probtrs Work Went for Naught After 1921. PAID SMALL FINES ONLY Cites Offer of “Six Thousand” to Pass Whisky Carload. When the Harding administration took office in 1921 prohibition agents were engaged in "cleaning up th- liquor situation in Washington," th-' Senate Daugherty committee was toi'i today, but thirty-four persons am! places purveying intoxicants all es caped prosecution. TVils of ArreKls. H. J, Burton, former agent for the prohibition unit, but now in the service of the Governor of Ohio, testified that he was one of the men assigned to the work iale in February, 1921, a few days before inauguration. With five asso- ciates and the local police he mad the arrests, ho said, and served the war- rants on "bootleggers operating mainly through the hotels.” AM the cases were ¦ pood enough for convictions. Burton as- i j serted, but tho persons arrested were i 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 the said 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 Lak wood were among those indicted Curry 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 Cor j 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 whisk j Samuel Ungerleider. frequently met. j tioned in the testimony, was one i the owners of the brokerage com- pany and also of the Hayner d tiilery. 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 barrels whisky 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 o whisky 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 a I criminal prosecution for a paym.cn: of $4,400.” He declared that in March 1924 there were 11,000 permits outstanding in 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 time the 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 PLAN LEGAL. SAYS STONE (Continued from First Page » Capital by furnishing a public utility service which modern life makes* con- venient and almost indispensable This is the answer made by Attorney i General Stone to Acting Chairman Zihlman of the House District com- mittee in reply to an inquiry mad- I by direction of the committee. whiF asked 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 instituted without awaiting the final Judgment so the court. In summing up the Attorney Get eral 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 report a lengthy document quoting many authorities and cases. It says that "Congress alone has power to leg:? late for the District of Columbia by virtue of article 1, section 8, para- graph 17. This power is com pie! and unlimited and covers both poll!; cal and municipal questions. “It would 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 princi pies which have been thoroughly e? tablished in United States versa Gettysburg Electric Company. Th< judgment of Congress that ripariai land and water rights shall be con demned for this purpose should pr vail unless many cases are to be over ruled. 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 authot izes a taking for a use specificall' described, its judgment will be ac- cepted by the courts unless the u?r is palpably without reasonable foun dation." g In another place in his report th- Attorney Genera! points out that "it would seem to be appropriate for Congress to provide for the develop- ment of hydroelectric energy at Great Falls and dispose of the same. This may be more a question of policy than of power, incidental to the District’s water supply. "As the supreme legislative author- ity for the District of Columbia, and having numerous governmental estab- lishments which consume large quan- tities of electric current, there would be some ground for a declaration bv Congress that such hydroelectric de- , velopment was necessary and expedi. ent. There is no objection to the United States condemning land to conserve its revenue as a busines* proposition.” 2
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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
iVI/ sHK'"'^l
ni*jg "
<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
(Continued from First Page »
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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