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WEATHER. 1 Increasing cloudiness and warmer to night: followed by rain late tonight or tomorrow. Temperature for 21 hours ended at 2 p.m. todaj': Highest. ♦!. at noon today; lowest, SI, at 6:30 a.m. to day. Full report on page 9 r Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 No. 29,140. ■ COKE CONFERS WITH PARTY CHIEFS AS SENATE HEARS , DENBYOUSIERYOTE Course to Be Followed if- Resignation Demand Is . Adopted Discussed by' President With Aides. i NAVY HEAD’S FOES SURE | OF VICTORY LATE TODAY Debate Grows Bitter as Hour for i Action Nears —Spencer Declares! Secretary Acted in Good Faith in Leasing of Naval Oil Reserves. Secretary Week*, after a lunch eon conference with President , Coolldsc. during which they dis cnaacd the Robintion resolution re- j questing the President to nsk for the resignation of Secretary Den by, made thla statement! ■•• So far an 1 know, the cabinet will remain intact.” With growing bitterness, tbc Senate I * debate on the resolution asking for j the resignation of Secretary Denby ) ©plcred todaj' upon its final stage. | The attack on Secretary Denby for I hirf part in tlie leasing of the oil reserves was the subject of much con sultation today among administration - - officials. t Facing a probability that the Sen ate would adopt before tonight a resolution asking that the Navy Sec- : rotary resign from the cabinet, Sen- t mors Lodge and Curtis, the rcpubli* j can Senate leaders, visited the White House and talked over the whole sit- i nation with the President. Later Secretary Weeks, for years a close friend of Mr. Denby. had a | luncheon conference with Mr. Cool- Jdge. Mr. Weeks, who conferred on the subject Saturday with Mr. Denby, also was consulted during the day by Secretary Slemp. The only statement authorized at * the While House was that no action ( relative to Mr. Denby’s connection j with the oil leases would be taken j prior to action by the Senate on the j Robinson resolution now before it. Whaf would follow adoption of the j resolution was a question White House officials refused to discuss. Heretofore- officials have held that the Senate, in requesting the resigna tion of a cabinet member, would ’ e acting without authority. The power ©f Congress in such matters, they have maintained, is limited to im peachment. Spencer Opens Debate. * The resolution pending before the Senate when it reconvened today was that of Senator Robinson of Arkan- < na-s, the democratic leader, asking j President Coolidge to request Score- I lary Denby to resign. A substitute, merely expressing an opinion that j * his resignation would serve the pub j' lia interest, had been presented by Senator Jones, republican, Wash ington. Opening the final day of debate, Senator Spencer, republican, Mis souri, opposed the Robinson resolu tion on the ground that it was "quasi judicial decision upon an uncomplet ed inquiry,” and grossly unfair to the I secretary. • I "The whole matter still is in the hands of our committee," he said, "and no formal report of any sort lias been had from it. “There lias been not the slightest •videncc of corruption on the part of Mr. Denby, or, in fact, any evidence that he had any knowledge of an Illegal action. The whole basis for this resolution is that he misintor . preted a law which we, ourselves, en acted.” Analyzes Law Involved, Analyzing the act of June 4. 1320, which gave the Navy authority over the oil reserves. Senator Spencer said it might easily be interpreted as giv ing the Secretary the power to ex tract the oil. "Vou cannot ‘develop’ an oil field j except by taking out the oil,” he said, i "Nor can you ‘use’ the contents with- j out bringing the oil to the surface. 1 "Wq, gave him the power, clearly r stated, to ‘develop by lease or con- ] tract,’ as he saw fit, and then went j further and added ‘or otherwise.’ ” j Senator Harreld, republican, of j Oklahoma, asked if he did not think ! the purpose was to restrict this | * authority to a time when oil was I needed. I "There’s nothing of the sort in the . ’ (Continued~on~Page - 2~ColumirsT) RAIL LABOR FIGHTS NAMING POMERENE Officials of Three Organiza-1 tions Before Senators ; Probing Oil Leases. Officials of three railroad labor or- ‘ , ganizations appeared before the Sen- j ate oil committee today to oppose the j nomination of Alice Pomerene of Ohio as special counsel for the gov ernment in the oil lease suits After they had concluded fhoir statements, the committee called both Mr. Pomerene and his colleague, Silas if. Strawn of Chicago, before it. The railroad labor officials who ap peared were ,1. Paul Stephens, deputy president of the Brotherhood of Rail-: road Trainmen; W. M. Clark, vice president of the Order of Railroad Conductors, and J. J. Forrester of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks. Charge Experience Lacking. They said they had opposed Mr. Pomerene on the ground that he had not had sufficient experience in handling that sort of litigation. * The committee adjourned until to morrow without reaching a decision on the nominations. Chairman Len- root said there, were no other persons ■ lb be heard in opposition. entered as second-class matter post office Washington. I) C. 27 JAVA FANATICS SLAIN i IN CLASH WITH POLICE i One Dutch Officer Also Killed When Religious Band Tries to Proclaim New Regime. i j fi.v the Associated 1 BATAVIA. Java, February 11.—One i Dutch police officer and twenty-seven ■ native religious fanatics were killed j ; and many others wounded in a riot I j*yesterday at Tangerang, near Welt- i I vreden. j The trouble began when forty-one I fanatics, armed with swords and knives; declared they wished to pro : claim a new kingdom of Mount Gedeh. I Native police, under the- direction of ! Dutch police ollicials, attempted to | disarm the fanatics and severe fight j ing occurred before the police gained ! the upper hand. MCRARY'RELIEVED AS COMMANDER OE LI, S. S. SHENANDOAH 1 Lieut. Commander Zachary j Lansdowne Takes Charge of Airship at Lakehurst. 1 1 ! Sweeping changes in the personnel ■ of ofli.-ers at the laikehurst, N. J. ' air station and others assigned to j | tho airship Shenandoah, including j ; the relief of her commanding offi- j . cer, t'onunander F. Ik MoOrary. have; I been made by Rear Admiral William ! ■A. Moffett, chief of tho Navy acronau- | i tical bureau, and approved by Secre- ] | tary Denby. Orders directed to Commander Me- | Crary said that "upon being relieved j by Lieut. Commander Zachary Jains- I downc, as commanding officer of the \ U. H- S. Shenandoah, you will regard | yourself detached from all duties | j on board that airship.” Expert Sea Assignment, j Commander McCrary, who has been | ! in charge of the Lakehurst air sta- . ■ tlon, was also ordered relieved from | that command and "detached from all I i present duties.” Orders are expected j to bo Issued at an early date as- ! signing him to sea duty. Commander J. H. Klein also was ordered "detached from all duties on j the Shenandoah and as executive offi -1 cer of the naval station at Lakc i hurst.” He will assume command of | the Lakehurst station. I In addition. Commander Klein was assigned to additional duly under training in rigid airships, and in formed that his existing designation as a student naval aviator will re main in force. Inatroctions to Pierce. Lieut. Commander Maurice R. Pierce was detached from temporary additional duty on board the Shenan- I doah. and instructed to continue his I regular duties at the Lakehurst sta- j 1 tion. Orders to Lieut. Commander Lans- j j downe said: "You are hereby detached from duty ! in the bureau of aeronautics; proceed I to sucli place as the U. S. S. Shenan doah may be and report on board that airship for duty as commanding of ficer of that ship, relieving Com-’ tnander McCrary. You will further report by letter to Rear Admiral Mof fett for additional duly in connection with the Navy Arctic expedition." Commander Ralph D. Weyerbaeher, construction officer of the Shenan j doah, was detached “from all duties,” j at the Lakehurst station and “In con nection with the 17. S. S. Shenan doah.” He will be assigned to another Elation as yet undetermined. Others are Relieved. Other officers relieved and trans- I ferred included Lieut. E. 11. Kincaid j and Lieut. Commander J. M. Deem, j who was detached from all duty on | the Shenandoah and ordered to re- : port to Commander Klein of the j Lakehurst station for new assign- j ment to duty. . . Lieut. Commander B. G. Leighton. ■ on duty with the bureau of aeronau- ) tics, was ordered to report to Lieut. . Commander Landsdowne for duty as i I senior engineering officer of the, I Shenandoah. Commander lansdowne. commanding | officer of the Shenandoah, has had ex- : f tensive experience in dirigible construe- ) i tion work and is a qualified air pilot, j I He was the official observer for the i i Navy on the British airship R-34, when | ! it made a successful flight from Eng ! land to the United States. He was j later assigned to duty at the Zeppelin plant in Germany, where the dirigible ZR-3 now is being constructed for the United States Navy. Navy Department- officials made pub lic the changes without comment, but it was indicated that they had been made with a view of eliminating such fric tion as has developed at Lakehurst and i to place others in charge so they might 1 familiarize themselves with the opera ( tions of tho station and airship before j the Shenandoah leaves for her polar I expedition. i URGES POSTPONING { SHENANDOAH FLIGHT| i ! German Expert Says There Is Not Time for . Sufficient Preparation. I By Radio to The Star and Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger. Copyriuht. 1924. BERLIN, February 11.—Maj. August von Parseval, leading German aero nautical expert and the inventor of! the semi-rigid dirigible adopted by the German and British armies before the war, discussing the chances of the projected Amundsen and Amer ican polar flights, declared his belief that the expedition with the Shenan doah had far greater chances of success. The American Shenandoah project is of far greater importance, though in von Parseval’s opinion the Shenan doah is 100 small to carry the neces sary equipment for the crew to es cape from the Arctic on foot in case the airship breaks down or is forced to land in the polar wastes. He • earnestly warned, however,; against attempting the flight this year, as the time is too short for the necessary preparations. W\ e Warnm Sfetf. V y J V V WITH SUNDAY MOENING EDITION • i ARREST EX-MAYOR | IN HERRIN MURDER I | Former Official Had Just i | Been Sworn in as Jury Fore- | man to Probe Crime. ; i By the AKHoriatcd Press. HERRIN', HI., February 11.— j I Former Mayor A. T. Pace was arrest- i j ed today on a warrant charging mur- j 1 der after he had been sworn in as J foreman of the coroner’s jury to in- i vestlgate the killing Friday night of Constable Caesar Cagle, “dry raid | leader.” Pace was charged with com- • pllclty In Cagle’s death. Turbulent Williamson county, scene j two years ago of the massacre of j more than a score of non-union coal ! miners and lately of an Internecine | warfare between “dry” Ku Klux Klau ! and “wet" onti-Klan factions, today faces the prospect of a declaration of martial law and a strike of ap proximately 4,000 bituminous miners employed in twenty-seven mines. More Guardsmen Dae, It is believed generally that with j the arrival of additional national j guardsmen the county’s law enforce- j j ment will pass into the hands of the i j military instead of having them act j las now under, the direction of W. 11. 1 I McCowan, held to be the only county ! I officer functioning as such. ■i State troops on route here will j ! bring the total in Williamson county I to approximately 1,700. The troops ordered to proceed here include the 130th Infantry, composed of southern Illinois units, and the 132 d Infantry, made up of Chicagoans. At present there are live companies of guardsmen In Herrin; three com panies of Infantry, a machine-gun 1 company, one troop of cavalry on : foot, and a headquarters company at ; Marion, and three unmounted troops iof cavalry and a headquarters com j pany at Johnston City. Veteran in Command. j Maj. Gen. Milton J. Foreman of | Chicago, who was a colonel in the ! thirty-third division in the world | war. will command the troops order icd into Williamson county. Gen. ! Foreman was ordered here because 1 ! he is a lawyer as well as soldier, said j Carlos Black, state adjutant general, who also is here. No untoward incident occurred last in Williamson county, accord ing to reports to the military author ities here early this morning. The troops have placed machine guns in strategic positions in the three towns over which they are exercising mili tary control, and guards have been thrown about the courthouse at Mar ion, and the city hall and hospital here. 300 Cltlxem Deputies. The citizen police deputized by S. Glenn Young, acting chief of police of Herrin and an admitted paid em ploye of the Ku Klux Klan, continued their patrol of Herrin streets last night and this morning. Young ! i stated he had deputized about 300 | such men. Regular police badges for | that number were not available, so a j tinsmith fashioned a number of six ! ointed tin stars as an emblem of their i authority. . , . _ , , It was young who led the scries of "dry” raids in Williamson county which resulted in the arrests of ap proximately 2.000 persons and the formation of the Knights of the 1 Flaming Circle, a faction to oppose | the Klan dry raiders, and It was in a ! ilareup of the Intense feeling engen- , l dered by Young’s activities that Caesar Cagle, constable of Herrin, was killed Thursday night and feeling j I reached a high pitch which necessi- , tated the soldiers being ordered into 1 Williamson county for the second j time within a month. HONDURAS QUIET. Revolt Has Not Developed Serious Fighting:. Is Report. The situation in Honduras remains in doubt, but State Department ad vices Indicate that the revolutionary movement has not as yet developed into serious fighting. TROTSKY REPORTED BETTER. MOSCOW, February 11.—War Min ister TroWky, who has been ill at Tiflls, is improving-, according to i word received at the Kremlin. He will return to Moscow before hia two tuoufh reave* expires. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1924-THIRTY PAGES. SPEECH OF COOLIDGE WILL BE BROADCAST WCAP aud WEAF to Join iu Send ing: Out Important Political Address Tomorrow Night. President Coolidge's speech at the i National Republican Club banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New I York tomorrow night « ill be broad -1 cast jointly by stations WCAP In Washington ami WEAK, in New York, i it was announced today at the Chefa-v ! peakc and Potomac Telephone Company | olficers. j This Is the first address - to call him [ from Washington since Mr. Coolitlge | assumed the presidency. In view of the i recent political developments and the ait | nounced candidacy of Mr. Coolidge. it I is expected that his address will be ;of tiie utmost significance and im i portance. I Senator Wadsworth of New York I and Stale Senator Elsberg, also will ! speak at the banquet. 2 GUARDS KILLED IN PRISON RIOTING ! : 1,000 Prisoners Attack Offi- I cers—Gateway Wrecked in | Pittsburgh Penitentiary. I By the Associated Press. | PITTSBURGH, February 11.—Two prison olficers were shot to death and a number of convicts were wound ed, more or less seriously, today in a riot at the Western penitentiary. After an hour’s fight, during which riot guns, tear gas bombs, clubs and bricks were used, the prison guard, assisted by the county detectives and Pittsburgh police force, succeeded in quelling the disturbance, which start ed when the convicts used explosives in an effort! to dynamite their way to freedom. No prisoner escaped. The dead are: William I’ieffer, as sistant deputy warden. J. A. Coax, an overseer. Warden J M. Kgan reported that the plot was born in the minds of four or five "bad men" recently trans ferred to the prison here from the 1 Kaslern penitentiary - to bo disciplined. 1 He added that he believed the plot was engineered by a quartet of con victs known as "The Four Horsemen.’’ They had help from the outside, the warden declared. Wall Diown Away. Prisoners, numbering more than 1,000, had just breakfasted and were 'about to go to their tasks in the work shops when the blast ripped the main gates and a section of the wall, rocked the entire Woods Run district, shat tered windows and caused residents to flee from their homes. Pieffer and Coax were nearby. They started on a run for the hole in the wall, but were intercepted by fifteen convicts who disarmed them, beat them and then shot the officers with their own guns. The prison yard became a battle ground as other prisoners and other guards joined in the fight. The guards concentrated near the gates and threat ening the prisoners with the sawed off shotguns, ordered them to their cells. But the explosion had signalized an at tempt to escape, and with liberty in sight they were stubborn and showed fight. ' Send for Help. Even the prisoners in their cells added their voices to the confusion, shouting and beating upon the walls * and bars and crying defiantly to the , guards in the tiers. A few of these j convicts got loose, but the guards met [ them, hand to hand, and threw them back - into the cells. When it became evident that the guards in the yards were not faring so well a call for help went out to the city, and the county and city officers were soon in the thick of the fight. With this large force at his dis posal Warden Egan took command. He stationed the county detectives on the walls while guards and patrolmen took up the battle in the inclosurc. The prisoners used pistols and any thing else lying around loose. The officers, trained to handle such men, bore in and soon got the upper hand. The convicts were backed against one of the .gray stone walls, and after a brief hand-to-hand struggle the prisoners gave up. They were driven back to their cells, and Warden Egan immediately called together the prison board so that the leaders of the re volt could be punished without delay. COOLIDGE IS READY I FOR NEW YORK TRIP I i 1 .Speech Tomorrow Night Seen Important Step in Fight , for Nomination. ( Arrangements were completed at ‘ the White House today for Presi ; dent OoolldgeV: trip to New Y’ork to i morrow, where he Is to make a brief ; address late in the afternoon at the ’ ; opening of the new quarters of the ' j Women's National Republican Club, j and a longer address in the evening lat the Lincoln day banquet of the ; ! National Republican Club, j The President will be accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge, Kancojn Slemp, his ' secretary; E. T. Clark, his personal secretary; Commander Joel T. Boone, i While House physician: Rcpresenta- I live and Mrs. Snell and E. C. Geiss j ner. The party will occupy a special j car. to be attached to the rear of a ! regularly scheduled train that will I ■ leave the Union Station about 11:30 [ in the morning and which is expected to arrive in New York shortly before 1 5 o'clock. The return trip to Wash ington will start about midnight, the party arriving in the Capital early Wednesday morning. Fin* Political Speech. I The presidential party on arriving jin New Y'ork tomorrow will go dl , rectly to the Women’s National Re publican Club and after spending | about half an hour there will go to Ithe Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where the •executive will rest prior to attending ’lthe Lincoln day banquet in the same 1 } hotel, which will start about 8 o'clock. ■ j The speech that the President is to i I deliver at the banquet will be his first ; genuinely V’olitloai utterance since ■becoming President, and will be taken 1 by many as the keynote of his ca.ni- Upaign for the presidency. i I While his address will primarily | ! serve as a eulogy of Abraham Lin- I coin, the President, it is known he i ( will take occasion to express himself clearly and forcibly on a number of national and political issues. Has Bearing on Race. It is the opinion of many of the President’s intimates that this speech will be the most important one he j will make prior to the Cleveland con • vention and that it will necessarily ' { have a most vital bearing upon his | ! candidacy. ) It is not thought likely that Pres- I . ident Coolidge will leave Washing ! I ton for any length of time this win > I ter as has been anticipated by friends .1 of the President. At least this is | the opinion of those who have been j with the President lately and have approached him regarding a “little , trip south” to play and rest. To such inquiries the ITesident is represented ; |as having replied to the effect that • j there are far too many matters of , 1 great importance pending in Wash , ington that require his personal at -1 tention and presence here to permit • him to even think of leaving the job , for only a few days. Phipps Gives Invitation. . Senator Phipps of Colorado was discussing the possibilities of a J southern trip with the President to- I j day and when he left the White , House he said he felt very confident . that Mr. Coolidge has abandoned any - j idea he may have had of taking a = j short vacation between now and • spring. I Senator Phipps said that at the re quest of the officials of Augusta, Ga., ■ ho extended to the President today i an invitation to be the guest of honor I of that city in the event that he should go south. Senator Phipps ex plained that the last, time he was in Augusta he was requested to give Mr. . Coolidge this invitation. Richard Washburn Child, who re • cently resigned as ambassador to i Italy, and who retires from the diplo , matic service tomorrow, called on President Coolidge today to pay his • respects. Mr. Child will hold his con- L eluding conference with Secretary of , State Hughes tomorrow. ; BALDWIN RE-ELECTED. - Again Unanimously Chosen as Con servatives’ Leader. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 11.—Stanley i j Baldwin was unanimously re-elected t leader of the conservative party to »I DEAN OF CARLISLE DIES. (’ 1 LONDON, February 11.— The death is announced of Very Rev. Hastings Rashdall, dean of Carlisle since 1917 \! and a famous modernist churchman, i (He was sixty-six years of age. Dean i ] Rashdall was a noted lecturer at -[Oxford and published a number of .! works, chiefly op doctrinal subjects. TAX-CUT MEASURE PRESENTED WITH 3 MINORJTYREPORTS Provides for Complete Reve nue Revision and 1923 In come Rate Reduction. MONTH’S DEBATE DUE, HOUSE MEMBERS THINK Eleven Republicans, Democrats and Frear Bring in Different Opinions on Proposed Redactions. The revenue bill was formally re ported to the IPouse today by the ways and means committee, which has had it under consideration since the opening of Congress. The measure will be taken up for consideration on Thursday with about a month of de bate in prospect before it will be passed. The bill as reported by Chairman Green, provides for complete .revision of the federal taxes and a 20 per cent reduction in the 1923 personal Income taxes payable this year. Three other « reports were made, however, the dif ferences centering on the income rates, with particular reference to the surtax schedule, which was re ported on the lines recommended by Secretary MeDon. Eleven republicans submitted one of 1 the additional reports, arguing more vigorously for the 25 per cent surtax maximum thlan did the chairman, who lias openly supported a maximum rate of 35 per cent. The eleven were Representatives Hawley, Oregon; Treadwav. Massachusetts; Young, North Dakota; Tilson. Connecticut; llaoharaoh. New Jersey; Hadley, "Washington,; Watson, Pennsylvania; Mills New York; Kearns, Ohio; Chind blom, Illinois, and Crovvther, New York. lYrir Klin* Report. Representative Frear of Wisconsin, republican insurgent, submitted a separate report arguing for retention ■ of the present surtax maximum of 50 per cent and a greater cut in the nor mal taxes, while Representatives Mc- Laughlin, Michigan, and Timberlake, Colorado, the other republicans on the committee, abided by the report | of the chairman. The eleven democratic members of i the committee signed the other report, | which places the surtax maximum at j 44 per cent and calls for greater cuts in the normal income tax rates than provided for in the Mellon schedules. Chairman Green, in submitting the i committee report, which was adopted i by a strict party vole in the commit- I tee —although three of the repub- ] Means, including Mr. Green, are know n \ to favor its amendment—declares the i income tax reductions provided for in i the bill at submitted will bring an I annual saving to taxpayers estimated \ at $341,440,000 after it is in full op- | eration. as compared with the esti- i mated 1923 income returns, together , with an estimated reduction of $232.- "50.000 in 1923 personal income taxes payable this year. Redaction in Rcvcnnc. The reduction in estimated revenue ] will be distributed as follows; Nor- j mal tax, $91,600,000: surtaxes, slOl.- 80? 000; earned income, $89,500,000, 1 and miscellaneous or war excise taxes, many of which were repealed. $108,040,000. This will be offset by increases resulting from limitations put upon capital losses and certain deductions limited to tax-free in come, which, it is estimated, will bring in $49,500,000 additional revenue annually. The normal tax on the first $4,000 of taxable income is reduced from 4 (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) '■ FEDERAL SOLDIERS ENTERVERA ORUZ 1 Take Possession of Mexican Port After Evacuation by Huerta Troops. By the Associated Press. VERA CRUZ. Mexico, February 11. ■—Mexican government troops arrived in Vera Cruz at 10:45 o'clock this morning, taking possenssion of the city after Its recent evacuation by the rebels. WIN VICTORY IN WEST. Federals Cross Lerma River Under Heavy Fire. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, February 11.—Fol ■ lowing closely upon their success on s the Vera Cruz front, government | forces have achieved an overwholm _ ing victory in the west, defeating the rebels on the banks of the River ’ Lerma near Ocotlan after eleven ! hours of furious fighting, a mes l sage from President Obregon states: > Federals crossed the Lerma near ’ its mouth on the eastern side of Lake Chapala, gaining a foothold for a continuation of their march against Guadalajara. the rebel stronghold to the northwest. The rebels. President Obregon’a message states, had fortified the rlg-ht ' bank of the river, and, aided by the natural advantages of the position, put up a stiff resistance. The gov ernment troops moved to the assault • Saturday morning, crossed the river . over a bridge made of barrels and 1 pneumatic tires, under heavy rebel fire, and attacked the fortified heights, which they nicknamed ••Death’s Balcony." Aviators bom barded the rebel positions, in some cases flying as low as 100 feet over t the trenches. The fighting continued until 6 o’clock at night, when the rebels arc ' declared f.o have hoisted a white flag • and sounded bugles calling for a i parley. t Heavy casualties were suffered by f both sides, the federals losing SOO .Jin killed and wounded. SINCLAIR TO EMBARK FOR AMERICA TOMORROW Courier Carrying Tickets for Pass-! age on President Harding. Formalities to Be Waived. By tlie Associated Presi. PATHS, February 11. —Harry F. Sin clair is expected to embark on the steamship President Harding at Southampton for New York tomorrow. He and his party left Paris last eve ning for London, and the steamship company is sending a courier to Cher bourg with tickets for them, mean while telegraphing an authorization to the steamship officials at South ampton to permit the parly to board the steamer without the usual pas sage papers. CUSSn BOARD SCORED BY EXPERT; ABOLITION IS URGED Meriam of Research Institute! j Would Give Work to Civil Service Body. * Abolition of the personal classifi cation board and transfer of its duties to the Civil Service Commis sion are recommended to Repre sentative Lchlbach of New Jersey, chairman of the House committee on reform in the civil service, by Lewis Meriam of the Institute for Govern ! meat Research in a special report upon a survey of the minutes and j records of the personnel classiflca- j tion board. Summarizing his recommendations, i Mr. Meriam stated: “The persona! I classification board should be abul- j ished and its duties transferred to i some other agency that lias the public j confidence and respect. The agency recommended is the United States Civil Service Commission. “In the interest of harmony, econ omy and efficiency,” the summary’ I continued, "all central personal ad- ■ ministration including the establish- I t ment and maintenance of systems of ! efficiency ratings should be placed j under one agency, the Civil Service Commission.” See* Two Remedies. Mr. Meriam states that as far as i i he can see only two legislative rent- j I edies for the situation are available j ' and states them as follows; j “1. A resolution directing the | board to make a new allocation for j the District of Columbia to Classes. ! established and defined under the j grades, and to submit a report for t the field Services containing compen j Ration schedules consisting of defini ! tions of services and grades to be i accompanied by class specifications i in the form prescribed by section 3j | of the act. “2. An amendment to the act abol- 1 ishlng the personnel classification j 1 board and transferring all its pow- | 1 era and duties to the Civil Service j j Commission or some other one agency i possessed of public confidence and 1 respect and competent to handle mat* j j tera relating to personnel. If such j | a transfer is made all jurisdiction I : over efficiency ratings should be j given to the Civil Service Oommis j slon.” Attacks Board's Record. I I | Speaking of the personnel classili- j :cation board, Mr. Meriam states: “Its ■ j record to date Is such that no one can j jhold it in high regard. It would even ; 'seem preferable to have Hie whole j (Classification job frankly assigned to j the bureau of efficiency than to con-, jlinue the present farce of a boardj I that is scarcely functioning at all. j Hr. Moffett and the Civil Service Com- I mission should cither be entirely re-j lieved of all responsibility for a job j | that they cannot indorse or commend, jor else the commission should bo ) given full undivided responsibility [ with respect at least to classification j proper. “Some other arrangement, conceiv- j ably, might be arrived at with re- | spect to fixing the salaries for the i several classes of positions after the ! classification is complete. The Civil ! Service Commission is the only agency 1 on the board which has shown any j vision, any real conception of the re- j qulrements of the situation. “The Civil Service Commission as at present constituted is realizing its great opportunities for constructive service and it can safely be trusted with the whole classification job. In j my opinion nothing in its long record j reflects greater credit upon it than , the record of its representative on 1 this otherwise hopeless personnel j classification board.” Calls Board Kailurr. In his letter transmitting his find ings, made at the request of Repre ’ sentativo Lehlbaoh, Mr. Meriam stated: "In making recommendations I may have gone somewhat further than you expected, but 1 do not think any- ono who has given time and ef ] fort to securing a good system of . personnel administration can examine these records in detail without arriv ing at the conviction that the person nel classification board is a failure ] and that the administration of the • classification act should be given lo some competent agency qualified to deal with personnel administration and possessed of public confidence | and respect. I recommend the Civil . Service Commission as the agency ! fulfilling the requirements.” ‘j Summarizing the situation with re- I spect to classification in the. District . of Columbia, Mr. Meriam reported i I that the minutes and records regard- ! I Ing the classification of the positions ' 1 in the District reveal the following; ' j "1. By a two-to-one vote the rep resentative of the bureau of the bud ■ J get voting with the representative _ (Continued on” Page 13, Column 2.) j GRIFFIS BACK IN U. S.; HONORED IN NEW YORK: : j Man Who Tried to Kidnap Berg doll Given Reception at City Hall. By the Associated Press. ; NEW YORK, February 11.—Corliss Hooven Griffis of Hamilton. Ohio, who ’ was released recently from prison in ! Mosbach, Germany, after serving part of a sentence for complicity in a plot to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoli, ' American draft evader, arrived home i today on the Albert Baliin and was given a reception at city ball. "From Press to Home Within the Hour ” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers arc printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 98,150 Sunday’s Circulation, 112,108 M’ADOO, DEFENDING POST WITH OOHENY, SAYS FOES AIMED TO HURT CANDIDACY Democratic Candidate, on Stand in Senate Probe, ! Holds Connection With Oil Firm Perfectly Proper. WARM APPLAUSE GREETS APPEARANCE AT HEARING I i Glad Name Brought Out, But Was ! Indignant at Method Used. Says Former Employer Appears Guilty—Was Never Asked foi Advice on Leases. In an atmosphere surcharged with political tension, William G. McAdocn faced the Senate oil committee to day and explained his connections with the Doheny interests. At the very outset he read a pre pared statement charging that had he not been “prominently mentioned I in connection with high office,” his j nanic never would have been brought ! into the inquiry. j He declared lie had acted in per | feet good faith in accepting arc- I tainers’ fee as counsel for Doheny J after he left the cabinet, and in the course of a long cross-examination reasserted forcibly over and over his assertions that the attack made on him had been purely political, j Mr. McAdoo declared that he had ! severed his professional relation j with M. Doheny on February £, tin. day after the oil magnate last ap j peured before the committee. I “1 -conceive that the matter is wholly irrelevant to the subject-mat ter of your inquiry," he said in con | elusion, “but 1 have been willing ■ to come here and give these facts lo J such use and for such value as the ! may have in the pursuit of your in vestlgation.” Greeted With Applause. When he appeared in the commitn i room, accompanied by David Rock well of Ohio, manager of his cam paign for the democratic presidenlia nomination, the former Treasui. Secretary was greeted with u burst of applause, which continued for .. minute or more. He smiled and bowed ! as he made his way to a scat to | await the call of the committee ! Many members of the Senate ana I House mingled with the crowd. | “You will be sworn as all witnesses are,” Chairman Lenroot said after he had called Mr. McAdoo to the stand. • 'Do you desire to make a statement Ito the committee?” asked the chair j man after the oath had been admin j istered. Seating himself under a battery of i cameras, Mr. McAdoo adjusted his i glasses and replied by reading his i prepared statement. 1 Questioned by Senator Walsh, demo ;crat. Montana, Mr. McAdoo said he re , signed as Secretary of the Treasure lon December It!, 191 X, and gave ui> ; the post of director genera! of the railways on January 11, 1319. After j a three-month rest in California ho entered the law firm of Colton Franklin, in accordance with an agreement previously made. Began Service in 1818. “When did you begin service with | Mr. Doheny?” asked Senator Walsh, j “November 30. 1919,” was the reply. Asked if there had been any ar | rangement while he was in the cabi net to enter the service of Mr. Do ! heny, Mr. McAdoo replied in the ! negative, adding tiiat ho had non i met Air. Doheny until after he had ; retired from office. i His resignation us counsel was sub mitted on February 2. he said, the : day after Doheny, testifying before ! the committee, first revealed their connection. He said ho had advised Doheny only on Mexican affairs. ,”1 think 1 may say that if lie had advised me about this matter.” he j added, "he never would have gotten [ into this difficulty.” Mr. McAdoo said Doheny was mls -1 taken in saying' that his services 1 here for the Doheny companies end ed with the passing of the Wilson administration. In 1921. he said, h* appeared before Undersecretary of State Fletcher lo "earnestly" express the hope that the Mexican policy of the Harding administration would bo as vigorous as was that of the Wilson administration. Asked of Doheny “GnilL” Asked by Chairman Lenroot if he regarded Mr. Doheny “equally as guilty” as Mr. Fail in the oil lease matter, Mr. McAdoo said: “Not equally. But 1 think he's guilty of a very serious matter. Os course, I don't undertake to express a judgment until your evidence is completed. Therefore, I say it ap pears." The former Secretary said naturally he had felt some indignation that his name had been brought into tlie in vestigation. ”1 think any honest man would feel precisely the same way.” j Senator Dill, democrat. Washington, ’wanted to know if Doheny delivered j the SIOO,OOO retainer fee paid Mc- Adoo’s New York firm, “in a satchel.” j "He did not, sir,” replied Mr. Mc- I Adoo. “It came to me In the form ! of a check.” I Chairman Lenroot said he wished lo j explain "outside of tlie record” that 1 the questions* which had been put to Mr. Doheny ami which had resulted j In the disclosure of Mr. McAdoo’s em ' ployment as counsel had been at the i request of Senator Reed, democrat, I Missouri. “It was in these questions that your name was brought out as one of his counsel.” Chairman Lenroot said. "Do you think this committee would have been justified in refusing the request of Senator Reed?” Approves Committee Action. “No,, sir,” replied Mr. McAdoo. “f am glad you brought It out. I hope the committee will continue its in vestigations and bring out all tho facts. I think the matter of my em ployment is absolutely and wholly irrelevant to this inquiry, as It is noi i (Continued on Page 4, Column 2T) TWO CENTS.