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WEATHER. IC. S W>a»her Bureau Forecast t Cloudy, slightly colder tonight; mini mum temperature about 32 degrees; to morrow colder. Temperature—Highest, 54, at 3 pm. yesterday; lowest, 40. at 6:30 am. to day. Full report on page 9 i Closing New York Stocks, Page 14 N' ‘III line Entered as* second class matter O. oU.vitflJ. ~o s{ office Washington I>. C HAVANA DELEGATES VOTE APPROVAL OF UNION CONVENTION - - Final Draft of Proposals Rat ified by Committee of Congress. ARGENTINE DELEGATION WITHHOLDS ITS SANCTION • I P'aeyrredon and Other Members of Unit Absent From Meeting. By the Associated I'rsss HAVANA. February 16.—Amid ap plause oi the Pan-American Union committee of the Pan-American Con ference completed this moraine its labors, approving the final draft con vention designed henceforth to regu late the activities of the Union. The Argentine delegates were the only m sabers c! the committee absent from the meeting, in keeping with Honorio Pjcrrreden's announced intention not to approve a convention which did not contain direct reference to the reduc tion or abolition of excessive tariffs in inter-American commerce. The committee was called this morn- : in- to approve virtually only the word ing oi the draft treaty, since the indl- j Victual articles were considered at : length at previous sessions. The pre amble around which the dispute raged between Pueyrredon and the other members ol tne committee as to ihe j auvisab-lity ot including in it economic references, was approved finally with out further discussion. Action Strengthens Union. As it is now dratted it contains only , references to the equality and indepen dence ot all the American republics, j then desire to co-operate socially and ! intellectually, and to bring about "a j growing conciliation in their economic interests." The convention does not alter materially the present organization ot the Pan-American Union, but merely places it, it finally ratified by all the 21 countries, upon a firmer treaty oasis, instead ot letting it rest, as here tofore. upon a mere unanimous resolu- j tion of the Pan-America Congress. The only important innovations in the convention are the rignt ot all the American republics to appoint special , representatives on the governing board j ot the union, and a provision where by the board will be allowed to devise a pension system for employes of the ; union. The main teatures of the convention »rre incorporated in a resolution which was a*iwf> approved this morning by unanimous vote, with tifttc exception of i Argentina, to provide a modus vivendi f?r the union until all ratifications ot the governments are obtained. Charles E Hughes, head of the American delegation, congratulated the chairman. Enrique Oiaya of Co lombia. and also Jacobo Varela oi Uruguay, the committee reporter, upon the industry, patience and efficiency with which they had conducted the xi»rs of the committee to concSu- < r, ons w hich he said he hoped would be sr ccptable to all and surely produce «h» most useful results tX-OFFICIAL SLAIN | IN COAL UNION ROW —■■ Kan Shot Down in Office as He Discusses Agreement for Mine Workers. Bt the AMftK-itttC f l !***. WILKES-BARRE Pa February 16 Frank Agalti. depoi>ed president of a Pnteton union mine local, was shot and fatally wounded today at the headquar- j t/ rs here of District No 1. United Mine Workers. District Organizer Anthony Figlock v;A police that Agatti's slayer was Sam Eonito present head of the No. 6 Lexa! of the Pennsylvania Coal Co.. Pittslon. Agatti received the content* of a re soi-.er which according to Pigiock P>*r.iv> fired iron, the pocket of hu o-.-ercoat Agfetti was hurried to Mercy j Hospital, where he died 20 minute* later According to Figiock. Agatti came to ♦he headquarters u> discuss a new wyrk < j. agreement with the company in live mim * Yesterday a subcommittee of the * r.tor. conferred with company officials slid reported afterward that an agree ment had been reached Ayatti was making a report to Fig* Sv/ fc-id August Lippi international ;>• ard member, when BonfU* and two ♦/.her men burst through the door and. <f, ~ fjvtt. p. alleged, Bon>to fired Union. No 6 has been in con fta.fi' turmoil for the last year over con •;o, of the union Agatti wat deposed a?, president w* ral monttJt ago. DEPUTIES’ BODIES FOUND. Wto > geareh End* Near Daisvllle, 111.—Prisoner* Still Free Jr.? ’r #■ /. (mf/.c':. hVfcJZ DANVILLE. ill February 16 lyud.ft of John G;ove snd WaUaoe M* - Cl,.'*- toe ’wo missing deputies of JfcV<”e Jnd were found l hi* morn - n* ;n fc wv*C a’ EofcUrr a little village h 'w**f Dar.v and <>/vlngU/n They were f ...j dressed. lyii*g fa/.e upward v ;Ui *rms * <u* f .IJy straightened a’ side* and */>ve/ed with at, aulo robe ! r.t- C.vOt* fy te/fnlr.atu-d iit'n e tnai, a **eg of beam. of the territory be tween t. of Stale and < ity poip* f »*< 'v. o it of t/»c deputies John htuiis arc Sarnie] Baxter ai* still s' iiejge How the depulk* met U*eir c* a'ti ra/.not i* bbimuud until after a cuironer t inquest 8,000,000,000 K-4e Can NEW YORK. February 2b 'AO.- Bor first *‘.rn* ir> fiinvny tfie numMr «• paracitu canted by tt» w y o* * City fir*** * /< a* d* d the three fir- aft! do i ing the fiscsi year Juft* Mi 1 927 . Mi* report of the ! «oinn.isiion made public yet dM*ci**ed Subway arid elevated carried 2Uft6 44fi9&b paid pae- Hirfare liner J.bbsMt 133 and itii*r ao 072,411, a MACMILLAN RADIOS PROGRESS OF SCIENTIFIC WORK IN ARCTIC Party Finds Ruins of Villages Occupied by Ancient l Race. Radio Brings Programs From U. S. and Europe to Iso lated Expedition. i Tito A>so,'iato<l Pits* lir.« interview«it ! hy radio Comtli. Donald li. M u nnllan. I h a,i •>1 llt>- tiierttl.tnd e\i>»Oilnot ol tla KirM Museum riu, aao now Wmteum: at B 'Wi.’um HarUot. Kn*!J liay Northern L,:Ura<l *. Questions put to Conidr Maenttllan eon i eerttm* the rxpe.li*t >n's wienttlie work ' ijiiniti me Whiter months, an 1 the in plorer's answers, named in the lollow t! c disnitt h. weie transmitted l» tween station WJiP on the Rnuvloin. the e\- IhvMion's *h!t> and station IXV. ex ■ nerimrtttal ,-t tltoo of the Massaoltasett* Institute of Te< littol i.'v. nt 'south Dart ntonth. Mo-. wave lenctli ot "n me ters was usoii BY COMDR. DONALD B. MACMILLAN. BOWDOIN HARBOR Field Bay, j Northern Labrador. February 16 iby ra- i dio to the A.vsociated Press through Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ! -The Rawson Macmillan Field Museum i expedition established Winter quarters ; and a permanent scientific station at Bowdoin Harbor Field Bay. No-thern! Labrador, for the purpose of studying 1 , the meteorology, geologv. botany, zool ogv and anthropology of this region, which is unknown scientifically. Though the Winter months are unlavorable for obvious reasons for studying many of i STATE RESTS CASE AGAINST JACKSON ‘ Defense Motion Denies Indi ana Governor Has Been Proved Guilty. By the AMnciatrO Dree*. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. February 16 —Declaring that he believed the State had failed to prove its case agfinst Gov. Ed Jackson, but with j holding decision until 2 o'clock this afternoon. Judge Charles M. McCabe in Criminal Court todsy took under j advisement a defense morion for a j directed verdict of not guilty, j Jackson is charged 'with conspiracy to commit a felony in attempt tc bnbe. By the f*r«*.* INDIANAPOLIS. February 16.—The State rested its case against Gov. Ed Jackson at 9:11 o’clock this morning. Shortly after the State had closed its case, defense attorneys presented a mo- 1 tion asking Judge Charles M. McCabe to direct a verdict of not gui’ty on the j ground that the prosecution had failed to produce sufficient evidence to prove the governor quilty. Gov. Jackson is charged with conspiracy to commit a felony in an attempt to bribe. McDonald Mystery Man. i James E McDonald, so much talked ! about and so little seen, has proved the ; real mystery man of the trial, j It was to gain McDonald's appoint ment as Marion County prosecutor in 1923 that Jackson and others arc al- j leged to have conspired to offer Warren T. McCray, then governor. *IO,OOO and a guarantee of immunity from court j conviction on pending embezzlement » charges McDonald was held to be | th» choice of Jackson and others, in cluding George V Coffin. Marion Coun ts Republican chairman; Robert W j I Lyons, Richmond, former financial j agent of the Ku Klux Klan, at.* D. C. | Stephenson, former grand dragon of the l Klan Robert 1 Marsh, former Klan attor- ? ney. and Coffin were indicted with Jackson, but will be tried later. Throughout all the preliminaries to: the governor's trial and so far during the case proper, McDonald has been j dailv grinding away at his duties in the : Municipal Court as a deputy prosecutor. A quiet young man. he had not die- j ! cussed the court drama of which he ] has tx-cn a part, though not a witness, j Today was the seventh day of the trial The prosecution presented most j J of its evidence to the jury yesterday! i through the testimony of former Gov ] j McCray, his son-in-law, William P Evans. Stephenson, now serving a life term in the State prison for murder, j and Jam'-s W Noe! local attorney. Testimony I* Similar. The testimony presented by McCray and Evans was similar-that Jackson : personally made the alleged proposition to the then governor. Stephenson said v lui-nished the *IO,OOO and Noel told of Stephenson's visiting him and ask ing him to put the matter before Mc- Cray McCray 63 years old. appeared feeole and was help' d to the stand by a court I attache He testified that Fred B Robinson, hi* former campaign man ager, first came to him in his office in 1923 and presented the proposition Uj j him McCray said that after he refused Robinson left for the office of Jack son who v,a* then secretary of .Slate and *nat a short while later Jackson came to his office and offered him 110.40 U if j tie would a o<mini McDonald Ja'kaon said control of t iic Marion O/tmty prosecutor>, office would mean 10,000 votes for Mm in hia campaign for governor McCray testified *—**- • PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS WOMEN HOUSE MEMBERS 'Hu** Invited to Legislators' li**-Hk fast Party at Whit* House. Women appeared at the White House or*at fast table today for the first time since Freaidrfjt C<e>iidg» adopted th< pra/ti**- of inviting members of Con grrat for the early morning meal ; Among 14 members of (lie House at (fie breakfast table were ftc present* > Uve Edith Nourse |o,g* re of Maewhu sett* and More me I' Kahn of t-a II for i itils, ftepubUeane and Mary I Norton, , \ New Jersey, fe n.o» rat | Other guests were Representative jjoi.r.aon of Waat.ingb/n Fenu of Con* MneMir ut Johnson of Booth Irakola Held fiiinoife and Davenport of New York -1 Republicans hafialfi of Illinois Jacob -3 stem of New Yolk Ollldol of Kentur ky - | Rankin of Mississippi Almon of Ala -3 ’ barn a and Wiieon of Louisiana, lb rn ucrata, • ©he ©henma t . V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION V-/ \VASHiy(m)N\ l). C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Ifi, VSIS -F< HtTV-KIGHT PAGES. * COMDR. MACMILLAN. ’ the above subjects, yet we have made \ considerable progress and are daily | bringing in results which will be of great interest to scientists at heme. Our greatest work thus far has been done in anthropology. Dr. Duncan Strong of the Field Museum. Chicago, is now living with the Mascopie In dians. the first scientist to enjoy this privilege. There is a small but very interesting band lit ing_ in the interior I (Continued on Page 2. Column 7.) Ashamed of Old Fiddle. Girl Finds It Is Stradivarius Bv the As-0.-iatcd Prr** DARLINGTON. Wis.. February 16 —Marian McQuaid. 15-year-old schoolgirl, liked to play the violin, but she was ashamed to be seen in public with the old fiddle belonging to her father. She had about decided to get a new one when her teacher, looking it over yesterday, saw on an age browned paper inside the instru ment the words: "Stradivarius. Cremona. Anno 1721." 1 An expert will be consulted to see if the violin is a genuine Stradi <■ varius. It has been in the girl’s family 50 years. PUBLIC’S OPINION ON MERGER SOUGHT | j Fleharty Holds Plan Is Good Working Basis Despite “ob ' jectionable” Features. All civic and trade organizations in the District will be asked to express , their views on the street ear merger agreement before the Public Utilities Commission begins its hearings Febru : ary 29. it was announced today by Ralph B. Fleharty. people's counsel be i fore the commission. Mr. Fleharty said he proposes to request every organization in the Dis trict which is interested in civic affairs | to give him an expression of opinion on j the pianos merger before he prepares f ills case for the hearings. Each letter j will contain a copy of the merger I agreement. After a cursory examination of the ' merger agreement Mr. Fleharty said that while It contains certain objection able features which will have to be eliminated, it does "present a working basis for bringing about a consolidation ! of the transit companies " Oppose* “Guarantee" C lause. ! The outstanding objection which the ; people's counsel said "hits me in the ! face” is the provision which reads ! " * * * the new company shall be ' entitled to earn a return of 7 per cent; and that legislation shall be enacted authorizing this agreement ' j "This is Just a guarantee, in other words," he laid “It may be that under certain circumstances and certain con i (Continued on Page 2. Column 6.1 CHICAGO BOMBINGS BLAST TWO HOMES Warehouse, Believed Blind for Bootleggers. Also Damaged by Explosion. liy IhF Afcttfjf ifct**) I’im* j CHICAGO February 1C Two dyna mite bombs exploded within a few min ute* of earn other early fi»day, partially wrecking a warehouse and two bunga lows on the .South hide. Police sought to connect them with warfare In at) alcohol syndicate with which they believed Edward O'Brien, owner of one of the nouses, is affiliated Several cants of whisky were found irt lid- basement of O’Brien's home, |*>- Jice said The residence of Erich Ademelt, a neighbor, also was damaged, the total lose (o boib homes being estimated at IJ 0,000 The warehouse target of the other t*omb was subleased by the owners to ii»e Blender Furniture Co, which au- I thorit.ies said was a blind for bootleg g* is MRS. COOLIOGE IMPROVED. First Lady, However. Will Be Ab went From Reception. * Mrs Cool Id ge has not sufficiently re covered from hei cold today to iierridl tier to assist the President in receiving at the Aimy and Navy reception at the white House tonight Hiie was repre sented as being much better titan site was several days ago. but her physician, Lieut Comdr Joel T Boone, medical officer of Hie presidential yacht May flower thought it beet for her not to j leave her room 'KaUio Program#—Page 34 HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORTS REID BILL ON FLOOD CONTROL Measure Approved Today Puts Entire Cost of Work on Government. ADMINISTRATION PLAN FAILS TO WIN SUPPORT New Agency Would Be Created to Undertake Work of Controlling Streams in Mississippi Valley. Bv the Associated Press. Laying down a new national policy for flood control and placing the entire ; cost and work of curbing the hign I , waters of the Mississippi River and j | other principal streams of the country | upon the Federal Government, the! House flood control committee today j reported to the House a bill drafted bv \ j its chairman. Reid of Illinois, j Drastically different from the flood j plan prepared by Maj. Gen. Jadwtn, chief of Army Engineers, and recom mended to Congress by President Cool-! idge. the measure, framed after months of hearings, would set up a new govern- j mental agency to accomplish the task j This agency would be designated as the Mississippi valley flood control com ! mission and would be composed of seven I members, including four prominent I civilian engineers and scientists to be ! appointed by the President. Would Replace Present Body. The commission, which would be j ! similar to the Panama Canal Commit- ' ; sion formed by President Roosevelt, ‘ ! would replace the present Mississippi I River Commission. It also would take the authority of i i supervision of the work from the chief j j of Army engineers, but at the com pletion of the project the commisMon would turn its records and property back to the engineer thief ) In placing the whol« cost of the project on the Government the til!. differs sharply from the Jadwm plan which called for a 20 per cent contri bution from the valley States The measure states specifically that the work shall be done “without local con t tribytion " and authorizes the Govem i ment to bear the entire expense of pur ! chasing and indemnifying the property j on which levees, spillways, floodways and other control works are to be built No Plan Specified. i This cost is placed upon the States in the Jadwin plan and was one ol the chief targets of its opponents on the ground that it would amount to over j $100,000,000. I The measure docs not designate any i specific engineering method bat says that "the flood waters of the Mississippi shall be confined, controlled, regulated and carried safely through flood con trol work from Cape Girardeau. Mo., to ih» Gulf of Mexico." It also designates certain flood heights on the river, which should be regarded as the maximum rise of the waters, fixing 19 feet for the Carrollton gauge at _New Orleans. 58 feet at • Continued on Page 2. Column 7.) EDDIE FOY, NOTED COMEDIAN. IS DEAD Actor Passes Away Sudden ly During Engagement at Kansas City. j By tt.e Press, i KANSAS CITY. Mo, February 16 i Eddie Foy, the actor, died at the Hotel Baltimore here today. Mr. Foy played at the Orpheum j Theater here last night and appeared in good health, Fred Spear, manager ! of the theater, said, i The veteran comedian was making what had been billed as his farewell > tour. After last night s performance he complained of no lilness, the theater manager said. | Mr Foy was 73 years old. The actor’s wife awakened him at 17:30 am and found him lb She sum* mined his physician. Mr. Foy died at 8 45 a i.i. Heart Attack Causes Heath. Heart disease was assigned as the cause of death by Dr. Herbert Tutlltll ! "The Fallen Star" was the vehicle for the veteran's Inst appearance tin the boards In the playlet Mr. Foy took tiie pari of a stage doorman who was once a star on Broadway. It gave him i an opportunity to recall to present-day theatergoers some of his own triumphs i of the past In the sketch Mr Foy drew many lauglis from the pretensions of a young song and dance man offered u chance on Broadway and gave encouragement j to the youths girl partner, who turned ! out to be tiie one who really scored a , success. That the actor realized his farewell ! tour might, not run it# full course was ! indicated to Charles Thomas general ; manager of the Lukewood Golf and Country Club, a close friend, who visit ed Mi Foy hack stage Tuesday nigh! Actor Itralifrd Condition. Mr Thomas said he found Foy seated on a trunk, almo.t too weak to go on i the stage for ills act, and that the : actor remarked then he did not believe j be would tie able to finish the season i Dr Tuthlll said lie leurned from Mrs 1 Foy that her husband had been sub | jecterl to heart attacks for the last at* i months The physician gave angina | pectoris as the cause of death In tilling out the death certificate, A benefit performance for the Chi cago Newsboys’ Home. In which h*? did a clog dance, was Eddie Foy's stepping stone to the professional stage Once there, he continued to entertain Ameri can audiences for more than 50 years and thus made a record which few stage folks have ever equaled lie was only 16 when he offered to do hi* Mt i for the Chicago newsboys in IRfii). but , his number was so well received that I numerous offers for professional en gagements quickly came to him , For several years, however, Mr. Foy continued to do his dancing In what might nowadays be termed rab.net* In 1*76 he hed en engagement with ' iContinued ond>ege 3, Column 3 > TTORSOX’S CHOICE IT TO DATE. ■■■ ■- - PRESIDENT IS OUT MORRIS BELIEVES l i New York State Chairman, i However, Would‘Like to Draft Mr. Coolidge. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. -President Coolidge. I am inclined to believe, ts out of the presidential race this year." said George K. Morris, Re publican State chairman of New York. I as he left the White House today fol | towing an interview with the President. Mr. Morris insisted that, while he had discussed New York politics with the President, there had been no men | tion of national politics or of the pres ent effort being made by Charles D Htlles. Republican national eommittee i man of New York, to stage a ‘ draft the president' movement. Differs With Hiltes. I The State cn&mnan. however. d!f --i tors with Mr. Hilles apparently on the ! possibility of drafting President Cool * idge for the nomination. Mr Morris i believes the President is the real choice I or the Republicans and the voters. j "Everybody wants Coolidge for Presi | dent but Coolidge." he said. ' Every i body, including the workers in the mills | I know, for I am an employer of labor." | So far as second choice for the nomination is concerned. Mr. Morris said that Secretary Hoover had a lot of strength "up-state." He added that the Hoover and Low den strength in New York seemed pretty even at j present with Hoover “a shade stronger." | "Then there is sentiment for Senator Curtis of Kansas and Senator Willis of i Ohio," lie continued, "and frequently i hear mention of Vice President Dawes Indeco there Is a lot of talk going the rounds about the Vice President now." Organization Rules. * New York. Mr. Morris insisted, would ‘ s-nd an uninstructed delegation to the Republican national convention in ; Kansas City. | “We believe in giving all the candl | dates a chance to show what they have | and what they can do." he said. "The organization controls the situation ab solutely In New York and we have been working for an uninstructed delega tion." This uninstructed delegation p’an Is the plait of Mr. Hilles. but Mr, Htlles has gone further and insisted that President Coolidge should be dratted Iby the national convention With an uninstructed New York delegation favorable to the President. Mr Hilles 5 has held that it would be possible either to start a stampede to the Presi dent or to Join in a Coolidge move ment initiated by some other State Mr Morris expressed the opinion , ~tContinued on Page 2. Column u > MAYOR’S BROTHER SLAIN ON STREET Gretna. Vn., Shooting in Self-De fense. Says D E. Webb, After Quarrel—Harold Vaden Victim. liv lb* *•»». Uf*-0 prr** Oft ETNA. Va , February 10 Harold Vaden. brother of Mayor Robert Vaden. aas shot anti instantly killed on the street here tins morning by D E Webb, former mayor, the culmination of ill I feeling between the two men over an I alleged domestic affair Webb was im j mediately arrested and placed in the Pittsylvania County Jail, at Chatham. ?on a charge of murder A brief but heated argument is said In eve witnesses to have preceded the shooting but no one could be found who overheard any of the remarks passed Webb claims self-defense, de claring thai Vaden drew a gun and was preparing to shoot him. He dis played what appeared to be powder burns on one of Irts hands to eorrob oiale Ids statement that Vaden bred rite hist ahot 168.0C0 IN GIRL SCOUTS. Report Hhowa Growth of OrgautrA linn in IB Yaaia. NEW YORK. February Id '4*l Tilt (till Brunt* trie. in Id year* has grown from a memhriahtp of eight to one of more than ttlll.noo. with a total Income tor 11191 o! tJ’MIRU the annual report of Jana Darter Rtpptn. national direc tor. show* The tllrl Broth* were organ need in Savannah Cla . in 1919 Training in leadership was given In mure than ft oon atndema In 1921, the report stated, through s|ie«lal eour*** In eollegea. indverMilts local eom luuuhlrs and C»irl m out training amj*» Puppy Love Held Sign of Interest In Religions Life Be Ihe A.soeiatcd Pres*. CHICAGO. February 16—Puppy j love in adolescence is the first sign of interest in religion. Dr. Solomon Frechof of Chicago told the Child Study Conference today. • When your 15-year-old son slicks ! down his hair and borrows dad's best j I necktie to make an impression on a i girl, don't try’ to stop him." Dr. Frechof said "Religion is a stormy j element in the mental life at this i period, because the psychic changes • which occur are of a type which in variably affects religion. "The religion of childhood lias the ' i simple charm of native faith." he said, "but the religion of adolescence Is neither naive nor calm." MELLON SAYS TAX j CUT IS UNCERTAIN - ; Secretary Is Unwilling to Venture Prediction on Gov ernment Action. t The uncertain status of the possi bility of tax reduction has not changed, in the opinion of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who feels that future developments only can determine what the Government best can do. The Secretary thought that it was too soon to make any prediction on the one hand that there could be no tax reduction at all or on the other hand to say that it would be better to throw out the present revenue bill because it threatened too large a cut. The first quarterly income tax pay ments. due March 15. will be one of the most influential determining sac ! tors in the situation, and latest esti mates point to a falling off of these payments, as compared with the same period ia>? year i it wtmld be wrong, in the estimation i of lire Treasury, to pass any legislation which nught threaten a deficit at the end of this fiscal year, ending Jdne 30 1928 The present revenue bill, per.d jmg m the Senate finance committee. I would cut taxes by about *290.000.000 which is far above the estimated maxi mum which the Treasury Department j has estimated the Treasury can stand JARDINE BACKS HOOVER. Secretary of Agriculture Gives Ap proval to Candidacy. Secretary Jardtne of the Department of Agriculture has believed for months that Herbert Hoover should tv the can ' didate of the Republican party for Pres ident Owing to (he entry of Senator Charles Curtis ot Kansas into the race for the nomination. Secretary Jardine is taking no active part m the pre-eon i vent ion campaign H*’ tlH> ,TV ' n ’ I Kansas ami will do nottong to ham pet , the candtdaev ot Senator Cun's in that i state Mr Jurdme's friendly attitude I toward the Hoover camUciac,- has been no secret. j Other members of the cabinet who !«- 1 vor at Hits time the nomination of Mr Hooter Include Semnarv of the inte rior Work Postmaster General New i Secretary Wilbur, who, jKe Secretary j Hoover, halls from California, nut At-| lorney Oenerai B*t|tß* ! i Watchman, Locked in Store, Can t Get Out 'To Grab Burglar Looting Show* Windows ! M PhUlpshorn ACo woman's clolh ! tors, tiOH Eleventh wwt. have a good j night watchman, wtwv.se duty tt U to i vtt in the store and keep an eye out tor burg tars and such Lawrence Owen is Ids name and. \ being cototed, t\e blends with the j shadow* In the tashtonable store Law- j renee never leaves the glorv w title on guard duty, because the manager locks {hint tn every evening and takea the * gev home i A* daylight came this morning, l aw- ( rvnee sauntered toward the front ot i tbe store A noise at one at the show [ windows attracted him i Tiptoeing, the watchman saw a ecu- , t vied burglar removing a batch of wom en's hosiery through a hole haunted ( tu an outdoor show cage, two of which; stand hist within the entrance lohhv j i on the outside of the store < Lawrence felt for hi* nu and moved j * toward the door Ho hatted aa the ie«u->»Uon dawned that he had no kej m set out. An Idea dawned He - , , rT _, ' - - - ~ i The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday's Circulation, 105,181 iA>) Means Associated Press. TRADE BODY READY 110 PRDBE UTILITIES i 4 1 Commission Receives Senate Resolution Authorizing ! Inquiry. - j Bt ih? AsMc swi Prfsi. The Walsh resolution authorizing the Federal Trade Commission to investi gate public utilities will be brought before the commission tomorrow morn ing. Chairman Humphreys announced today after a hurried study of the measure. Apparently there is no question of jurisdiction involved, the chairman aa:d He added that the measure came under the commission's policy of never oppos ing any investigation that alleged a violation of the law or any one which would develop facts that would be an aid to legislation. The chairman said he indorsed that, j portion of the resolution prov iding that ; the investigation be public and declared that the inquiry would proceed imme diately. To Plan Hearings. Humphreys apparently based his statements, "if I understand the terms 1 of the resolution there will be no ques ‘ tion of jurisdiction presented " on that ! section of the measure which directs the commission to report on whether any of the practices of the power cor porations tend to create a monopoly or constitute a violation of the Federal anti-trust laws After the commission's meeting to morrow plans for the holding of the ; investigation are expected to be an nounced. Placing of the investigation in the hands of the Federal Trade Commis sion was described today by former Gov Pinehot of Pennsylvania as "a mere excuse to kill it.” "We know now that the electric mo nopolists control a majority of the Senate,” Pinehot saic "Mellon Demo crats and Mellon Republicans joined to make up this bi-partisan, pro-cor poration. anti-people majority ” The reports of the commission en “the power trust.” Pinehot said do not represent "searching investigation, bu: merely camouflage.” lobby Power Cited. "The pressure which the power lobby —the greatest lobby in American his tory—has exerted in Washington and in the home States of these Senators has been formidable.” Pinehot declared. "That may be a good reason the power lobby has won. but it is not a good excuse for those who have voted against the rights of th-' people.” Forced into its first night session, th- Senate last night adopted the inquiry resolution, after accepting 46 to St an amendment by Senator George Demo crat. Georgia transferring the investi gation to the Trade CVmiirvdo*' the vote on the George amendment cli maxed a three-day fight over the pro posal and broke party lines to bits nv vote on adoption of th- amended reso lution was not recorded Overcome Combination. Twenty-eight Republicans and IS Democrats supported the George amendment, overcoming a combina::,- t of U Republicans, including the inde pendent group, and .‘0 IVmoerats Aware of the strength of the opposi tion to the Walsh plan to have a spe cial Senate committee of five make the inquiry, proponents of the resolution made thus' unsuccessful attempts to defer a vote until today but the George supporters insisted upon car-. \mg th* .juestkm to a division tvfoie adwro ; ment last night The vote was reached t Continued on Page Column S » would ttiv lus jyvoSwi tho «uuivrt nm then h:‘ reasoned that would I'iYak valuable pUif sia.v> show « tndow law ve nee hgured she oost os' stock tugs and windows and b*vk:t'wekn\k catrtullv picked up a telephone and called poltcv headdu*uet> As he buns up the receive* he re- ! turned to tn«* mnts >*s the >uw tn \ I'liw to w tin- burglar wuHdettttg the lob ot removing 40 I vans of tanev sdk hotorry and sum* fur* aud handbag* , from the ease The police shut detective* front No I I pveeltnt several block' awav burned ! nut thev wet* tost lon late “We always k»d our watchmen uv at 1 night; Manager t&sao ttehrernts ev ; plained AW ewuider tt Ore sates! thin* to dw under ordmatv ehvum ! stoned " "{tuppmdn* * hr# broke out In live [ j stole how would law vet uv *rt out? ] *h* manager was asked toda.v "Hast have tn tweak out through * a tndow, Mr itehiend tephesi A TWO CENTS. ONLY EIGHT APPEAR AS ENEMIES OF O.C. VOICE IN CONGRESS House Committee Holds Hearing for Opponents of Representation. SIX GIVE ARGUMENTS ONLY AS INDIVIDUALS Rear Admiral W. L. Rodgers sents Views of Dnpont Cir cle Citizens. Wr.fr rh»> House judiciary committee gave an opportunity today to opponents of national representation for the Dis trict to present their arguments, six individuals, who said they represented j only themselves, and two representa -1 tives of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association appeared and explained : th»ir reasons for opposing the amend- I menr to the Constitution which would i give to the District representation in | the House ar.d Senate, the right to I vote for President and access to the Federal Courts. There was no apparent unanimity ir. the various views expressed by the few opponents, except they thought it was oest to leave the District “just as it Is.’ Some of them were opposed to local self-government as well as national representation: others wanted local self-gcvemmerd. while still others evaded a direct answer to the question Two of the witnesses proposed a referendum on the subject to the people of the District, but several members of ' the committee said they did not think that procedure was feasible. Only 40 at Meeting. ! Rear Admiral William Ledyarj i Rodgers, president of the Dupont As sociation. in reply to a question by Representative Michener of Michigan, member of the committee, rather sur prised the committee by saying that although there are 300 members of his association, only 40 of them had been present at the meeting which in structed him to appear before the com mittee and oppose national representa tion. This was the third hearing on the subject of national representation held jby the committee this year. The first two were demoted to arguments by repre sentatives of practically all of the lead ing citizens' and trade and women s organizations of the Capital. The com mittee decided on adjournment today to allow the opponents to -continue their arguments March 8. after which an -1 other date win be set when the advo cates of the plan will have an oppor tunity to complete their statements. , Those who appeared this mpming. be • id-vt Admiral Rndgrt*. were Gee George P Scr.vens, also representing the Du pont association, and the following who described themselves as individuals rep | resenting no one else: Grover W. Ayres. Paul Myron Linebarger. Frank B. Lord. Derrs rest Lloyd. John H. Adriaans and Miss Elizabeth Reece. Organization* Listed. While Mr. Lord was endeavoring to make it sppear that the numerous local organizations which have indorsed rep resentation do not represent the people of the District. Mr Michener remarked: • You and others who have appeared here this morning come as individuals Why should Congress not believe that the organisations which have appeared here m favor of this proposal represent the people of the District?” rtepreseiriativc Bowling of Alabama member of the committee, read a long list of the local erunlwtbM wljcfc have gone on record in fa'or cf repre sentation after it had been under cor* aiders: ion for many years. Many cf the opponents argued the j test;on as if they thought that the pro posed antendmeut would change the form cf the kva- o:tv government, even though if was explained by members of the committee that no such idea is con tained in the amenument Several times members of the committee interrupted sneakers suggesting that they confine their remarks to the jv'ir.t at issue Admiral Rodgers said that his asso elatir* had directed him to oppose the amendment because the present gov ernment under the entire control of the President and Congress is very sans (acto.ry. and we cur.no: expect to better it and might be worse off,” He said that Washing tea is particularly well repre >•llloo a* Congress since everv one of the District inhabitants can readily gain personal access to every one of she .'.V and more Senators and Sepre- Iree of t'msptwfl We are free from the corruption of gov* munil which is so cb;ec tsonabu .a so many large cities.' de eiared Admiral Rogers The proposed ame 'dir.ent provides tlx- foundation for the establishment of a maoh iv in kval i.”.ei amort of the Dwertct that » to ssv iv wer without visible rew'gn.aed r*os',vr.s ability Moreover the proposed amendment would undoubtedly be a rrst step on the way to an extension of kx’sii self-government which has proved iaisu..st voter' in the past Iho-s to whom the lack of a vote ss unendurab’e may readily live beyond the Distint hue and come into town, for business and the movies. and >e* 5.1! their Reprvser.tatives how to run th* P;srr,c> " Uepreseiuative Yates of lUtnois *«g --g; st-'vi to Admiral K.vigers that if this amendment were passed and the Dis trict were given memtvrs m the House end senate the Capital would sUUhave Us prevent form of kvai gov err. men* with a Board of CommwMOnera and condition' unchanged Ro'ovt'oeiitaove llersey of Marne mem tv r of the committee. asked if Congress under this amendment gave national ogvvrU'oii to the VHstrvt and it dsd not work well it cvwtid then take u hack agam Admiral it-phed tliat he thought u wuid. but he doubled whether U wouM Mi Ay tvs who was the first witness and took charge of the proceedings tor : the oinxvvUKvn made eats a few Nn*f remarks, reset vmg hss fuU statement until M.vvh $ He sard that the op ponents of the pfw*» "do not come wp> I resenting thousands but merely as t*t i dtvHhia-s ui.'.iig an exception to the ease of the ihuvot Cuvie dtiavivs’ As sociation. which mywwu a small I giVUJV HMtrivoed I* Wee*. 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