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IS INDIFFERENCE
TO DISTRICT VOTE
Unitarian Speaker Assails
Local Residents Not Active
for Representation.
Those residents of Washington who ]
•av that they are not interested in na- j
tiona! representation for the District of j
Columbia do not possess the normal |
political aspirations of real Americans, i
Paul E. Lesh. vice president of the
Washington Bar Association and a >
m-mber of the citizens' joint committee j
on national representation, declared in
»n address last night before the Uni- ;
terian Layman's League at its monthly ;
dinner and meeting in All Souls'Church j
"Moreover." ho added, "they have
lost the spirit which rightfully thev
should pride as citizens of the greatest
democratic Government m the world
* No Chance in Government.
Mr Lesh said that there is a reason
for the government of this city differ
ing from the governments of the Statc
of the Nation because it is the Capita! j
of the Nation, but that in the proposal
now pending before Congress there is
no change requested in the government i
of the city lie stated, however, that
the oeople of this territory are entitled j
to. and request only, legislation that
would give them representation in th?
National Government and make them a
re?.’ part of the Nation.
As the power of the Federal Govern
ment is steadily increasing over that of,
the State governments, legislation
granting the franchise to people of this j
city would be of material satisfaction to;
these people, as it would create in them
more of an interest in the Nation's j
questions, he said.
In answer to arguments, in which it j
has been stated that it mak*;* no oar- ;
ticular difference whether or not Wash- ■
inctomans are privileged to vote for j
P: evident. Vic? President. Reoresenta- i
fives and Senators. Mr Lesh pointed
to the fact that f that franchise were
to b? taken from any State, residents
oi that State would b? m arms cefend- j
ing their rights. Why. h* triced. should 1
cm the residents of this city be up in j
arms because they are not so priv- i
lleged'’
Natives Avoid Leaving.
It has been suggested that those in
th's city who are desirous of voting
may move to nearby Maryland or Vir- ;
ginia and could exercise the right to •
vote and at the same time have their j
residence in close proximity to Wash
ington. Native-born Washingtonians
the speaker said, have as much pride ;
in remaining in their native city as has
sr.v ether group, and want the city to
become only a normal American area.
Breaking down the theory that tnc
writers cf the Constitution did not deem
tt advisable for the citizens of the Cap
ital of the Nation to have national rep- j
mentation. Mr Lesh read a number of j
dictations from them establishing the i
fart that it was not practical to con
sider the question pro and con, because
■t that time the Capital City did not
exceed one square mile in size and was
zrwrsflv settled He pointed to the fact j
that Washington has grown consider- j
abiv more than it was ever anticipated j
tn those early days, and that the situa- ,
tior is changed entirely.
At the present time, the speaker j
•hewed bv statistics, there are seven
States in tiffs country with a population
smaller than that of the District of \
Coluirtia. and yet. he said, thev con- S
ttnue national representation. He fur
ther pointed out that this city in recent j
censuses has made more of a gain than j
the majority of these States, and some
©f the others.
Money Used Without Say.
Mr Lesh recalled the phrase which
eras popularized just preceding the
Revolution, that “Taxation without i
representation is tvranny.’’ maintaining
that taxpayers in Washington pay more
taxes than citizens of many States, and. j
therefore, should have a right in de- '
daring how their money should be
VrU.
The Capital of this Nation, alleged
Mr. Leih. is alone among capitals of
nations in its restriction from national 1
repreentation, citing London. Paris,
Buenos Aires and numerous capitals
that are not so restricted.
Mr Lesh was introduced by Jesse C.
Bu*er vice president of the citizens'>
Joint committee on national represents- i
tion Frank Van Brackle. president of
the Laymen's League, presided.
80-YEAR-OLD MAN HIT
BY AUTOIST, WHO FLEES
TDcputy Register's Father Knocked
Down on His Way to
Church.
While walking to St Joseph's Church
to attend early morning mass as is his
daily custom. Daniel Shell. 80 year* old
*O3 Sixth street northeast, father of
John A Shell. deputy register of will*,
was knocked down by a hit-and-run
driver and taken to Casualty Hospital
by a man who left hurriedly without j
tusking known hit identity
Mr. Shell sustained cuts and bruises
about the head, but is believed to have
escaped servo us injury. An X-ray will!
b" taken this afternoon to determine
ttie extent of hi* head injuries
When he was struck by the automo
bile he vat crossing to the west side of
Pourin street near C street northeast
Poh'e slated that they were unable t/j
find any one who saw the license nuro
her of the car which hit him Mem
b-rs of hi* family said that the man
who too* rum u> the hospital left before
pita: authorities had an opportunity
to ascertain his name
FIRST OF NEW BOMBERS
LEAVES HERE FOR OHIO
Lieut M» Reynolds S’art* for
Wright Field in fcig Army
Air; lane
f-ieu' Kd win It Mi lteynolds former-
Jy of Boiling re.o but now the Army
Air Corps representative at tne Key -
au/f-e Aircraft Corporal*on s factory in
Bristol. Pa took off for Wright Field
Dayton, Ohio, today in tne first of i,
i>r* Keystone bombers being built for
the Army At Wright Field the biv
ship will be given a brief production
test and then assigned lo a ta/.Ucai
unit
'l nie type of oornoi r will replace the
oid Martin bomber of war-ume design
:od • nejeby f.il a long-standing gap m
the needs of the Ait Corps 'i ts* ship
1* d*'igt;ed Oi use Libetly engines of
which it carries two it ha* a wing
t j/rea/j of 67 feet }<j and a speed
•k a too ii SeO miles an hour
ft* military load cum> it.u of a tot) of
high * spiosives, protecting fiont and
rear machine guns, pilot bombardier,
radio operator and gunneie ft is high
ly maneuverable and lias a cruising
range of about six hours on on* charge
•f fuel
Tn* plane arrived here Wednesday.
PRESIDENT INVITED.
Veterans TJrye Executive to Attend
Colorado Session,
President CoohOgc was invited today
to go !/j Den vet to be the honor guest of
Colorado on the occasion of tlie Na
tional Convention of the Disabled
. m*n< an Veterans' of Die World War
t , be n».d June it to 30
in* it.vitai.pin v.*> »/'enoed by hen
-4 A V/l» Ul t Republican, of Colorado,
Benefactor Robbed
1 By Man He Gave
l •
i Money and Shelter
Several da vs ago Richard M.
| Scott, a retired sergeant major of
I the Army, living at apartment 807.
the Conard. Thirteenth and I. was
approached by a man. who told him
i that he. was hungry, penniless and
i out of work.
Scott gave him a dollar, fed him
and let him rest in his apartment
Last night the man came back.
He said he wanted to repay the dol- j
lar: that he'd found a job His |
bmefactor turned his back for an I
! instant. When he turned about
j again he faced a revolver.
"Now I've got you." said the
stranger." and I'm going to cake '
everything you’ve got."
H? took a ring valued at $709. a
watch and a revolver from a I
bureau drawer and left the apart- j
ment
SHIP BOARD URGES I
GOVERNMENT AID!
New Merchant Marine Policy j
Recommended to Congress
in Report.
I
' By th* Prt'«*
The Shipping Board today sent to
Congress its recommendations for a j
new policy for the merchant marine, j
embodying the report adopted at a re- j
cent meeting here of important ship- j
ping interests on legislation now before
Congress |
Th? report adopted said that for the
present there is no prospect of Con
: gross enacting subsidy legislation, but ;
! it added that if Congress is content with I
carrying out the present merchant ma- j
rine act. so as to bring about the trans
fer of Government ships to private own- j
ers gradually, meanwhile providing for j
i vessel replacements and new construe- j
• tion. the adoption of certain indirect j
aids would prove very' effective.
The report suggested the following in- j
direct aids:
"A reaffirmation, as provided in the i
Jones bill, of the national policy to es- ,
t&blish and maintain a permanent mcr- ;
j chant marine
"Generous compensation for the car
riage of foreign mails under long-term i
contracts.
; "A liberalization of the terms under
which loans may be secured by the
American shipbuilder and operator I
from the present construction loan j
fund.
"Federal tax exemption on Ameri- j
can vessels operating in foreign- trade
, including a provision whereby deduc
! uons shall be allowed from taxable in- j
j comes derived from operating profits, to
the extent that such profits are de
voted to new ship construction
“Transfer to privately-owned Ameri
can vessels of the business now handled
; bv Army and Navy transports and by
i the vessels owned and chartered by the
* Panama Railroad Steamship line.
"Amendment of section 33 of the act
of Congress, approved February 28
1925 proriding for the creation of naval
reserve, so as to authorize two months'
pay to such officers and men of the
merchant marine naval reserve as are
i employed on vessels of the American
Merchant Marine engaged in foreign
i trade.
"The establishment of an insurance
system which will place American ves
sels on an equality with foreign vessels ,
in the matter of insurance."
LAST COAST LINES I
ARE SOLD BY U. S.
|
Government Quits Shipping
Business in Pacific—39
Vessels Involved.
1 I
I Sale of three cargo lines of the
| Shipping Board on the Pacific Coast
for (3,743,661. with a five-year opera- j
. tion guarantee, retired the United States
! officially from that field yesterday !
Thitiy-nlne vessels were involved in the 1
transaction, and the move defeated pro- j
ponents of a 10-year operation guar- ,
antee, who have centered in a contro- ;
j versy ranging over months as to wheth
er their proposal or that of the five
year group should prevail.
While Puget Sound citizens had con- i
tended before the Senate commerce j
committee that sale of the vessels un
der terms of the Shipping Board ad - I
vertisement would work a hardship, the :
committee announced yesterday tliat no
recommendation would be made to the
board relative to the lines.
The American Australia Orient Line,
, which operates 21 ships out of San >
Francisco and Lr>s Angel** to Australia I
New Zealand, the Philippines, China ;
and Japan was sold to a corporation i
owned by the Matwn Navigation Co j
and the American Hawaiian Steamship
Co. fort 1,981.755.
The Oregon Oriental Line of 11 ships j
i operating from Portland, Oreg to I
Japan and China, was sold to a cor
poration headed by K. D Dawson of
Portland vice president of the Colum- j
bta Pacific Shipping Co, for (l
--065 000
The American Oriental Mail Line,
Which operated 7 ships out of Puget j
Sound port* to the Orient, was sold to
a corporation u> be known as the Ta- j
coma Oriental Steamship Co of Ta
coma for 1606 906
The Admiral Oriental Line of Han j
Praneiri'O hid 1670,357 for the Ameri- j
can Oriental Mall Line, the only orv j
on which there was competitive bid
ding
15 SENATORS ARE GUESTS
AT COOLIDGE BREAKFAST;
Three Candidates for Presidency In
Company—Third Gathering I
Thla Week.
Included in the group of 15 Republi
can and Democratic members of th*
Senate who were the President’s guests j
at breakfast at. tn~ Whit* House tills !
morning were three avowed candidates j
for the presidency and two others who!
have been mentioned prominently as)
probable candidates
The candidate* v.er* K*nators Curtis 1
of Kansas, majority leader of tire Hen- j
ate Willis of Ohio and Watson of In- j
diana Others in th* company were i
Hen*tors Borah of Idaho and Walsh of '
Montana te/th of whom are frequently i
mentioned in connection with the pies- !
identiaj nomination of their respective
parties Capoer Republican, of Kansas; j
Dale Repubheaty of Vermont, Bwanson !
Democrat at Virginia Wagner Demo- j
crat of Hew Vork Warren Republican, j
1 of Wyoming; Waterman Republican j
of Colorado Wheeler Democrat, of 1
Monte na Bayard Democrat, of Dela
ware and M' laan, Republican, of Con
necticut
The president was represented as en- j
i Leri*lnlng these member* of the Henate
rnerejy for the purpose of getting belter j
acquainted Today * breakfast party is
* tip- third the President ha* had this 1
week,
k
THE EVENING STAR, TV A STT TNG TON, P. C., ERTPAY, FEBRFTART 17. 1028.
BARUCH DEBT PLAN
AROUSES INTEREST
Officials Discuss Suggestion
of Financier to Settle
Reparations.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
! Th? United Slates Government is an !
i interested but not primarily an active
j participant in the movement which has
I for its object the fixing of a definite j
| sum for German reparations and the |
' flotation to the investors of the world J
I of a loan which would enable th? allies j
j to pay each other and the United States j
! on a cash basis.
This fact does not in anv way dimin
ish the hop? ot the American Clovem
ment that some time in the next few
, months a formula may b? developed
which, without committing the United
States in any way either to the collec
tion of reparations or th? acceptance
of a revised debt program, will, never- j
thelcss. lift irom European peoples the j
indefinitcncss which surrounds the
whole question of allied debts and Gcr- j
man reparations.
Gilbert Memorandum.
To understand the present situation,
it is necessary to go back to the memo
randum issued in December by S. Parker
Gilbert, agent-general of reparations,
who pointed out that the sooner allied
control was removed from German
finances the better for Germany and I
the world, and he mdica'ed the inipor- j
ianee of fixing the German reparations '
once and lor all. so that the German
people would have the incentive to cut
down their indebtedness. Shortly after
this statement was made. Mr. Gilbert
visited the United States and talked at
length with Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew \V Mellon and with prominent
officials of th? banking world. Then he
went to France and talked with Preuii , 'r
Poincare, who admittedly holds the key
to the situation. ... ~
No definite step is expected until aft
er the French elections in May. but.
meanwhile opinion is beginning to crys
tallize on a program. The subject is
not a new one and is not by any T means
a partisan matter on this side of the
Atlantic. For instance, the whole sub- t
ject was reviewed at length in a memo
randum presented by Bernard M Ba
ruch to officials of the American Gov- j
ernment.
Mr. Baruch, as chairman of th? v\ar
1 Industries Board and later head of th? ;
section of the American p?ace mission,
which helped to frame the economic
clauses of the Versailles treaty, acquired i
an intimate knowledge of the German .
reparations question.
The Baruch memorandum has b~en
discussed in official quarters her? as a
' possible basis for a g-neral re-arrange
ment of th? whole war debt prcb.cm
but Secretary Mellon has been careful
: to reiterate that the Government of the
. united States cannot make any com
mitments as to acceptance of any low- j
er amount from European debtors. >
though it recognizes that when Ger
man reparations have been fixed and an
international ban is actually possible of
flotation, the matter will be one for,
Congress to take up anew if It desires, i
as there at present is no authority to
negotiate anv change in the debt agree
i ments. th? World War Debt Commission
having formally expired.
The Baruch Plan.
Mr. Baruch, as an exponent of a
: world economic settlement and yet as
an unofficial person, is liable to discuss
the question without in any wav com
mitins the American Government, for j
it is believed that the first steps will ,
j require an interested and favorable »
I viewpoint from those engaged in invest- ;
ment banking rather than frem t.re,
I Washington Government itself.
1 The plan, in brief, takes the German
j reparations bonds, which at their pres- J
ent amount are doubtful assets in the i
! minds of most people: the French d?b’
S to the United States and the debt* of
the allies to ea h other, which arc also
somewhat doubtful, and endeavors to
make a liquid asset of them all "oxy
genizing” their various countries, as Mr
Baruch calls it.
If. for example. German obligations i
are flxtd. she can sell $2,000,000,000 j
. and perhaps $4,000,000 000 of bonds ;
on a 5 per cent interest basis
! with an amortization or sinking fund
I requirement of at least 1 per cent a
* year Th* next issue of bonds would j
occur after the first was absorbed and
probably would come out at a lower j
rate of interest and thus by succeeding
i flotations ultimately a tot?! of some- j
where between $6,000,005,000 and sio,-
000.000,000 of bunds would be floated
1 and the average rate with amortization
| might not be more than 5L- per cent j
j This would represent a fixed charge of
i $550 000.000 per year on Germany, i
j which, of course, each year would b**
J lessened by the 1 p*r cent amortization j
Bv gradual refinancing the Germans
! would get the benefit of lower interest |
] rates.
I Out of the total issue. France would |
receive In cash 52 per cent of German j
reparations Out of the proceeds of 1
the first loan, depending on whether \
it was for two or four .nllions. France j
i would g«*t enough to pay her d fit to the
United States in cam If she obtained
two billions and offered the vime in j
payment for h:*r debt to America, Con- j
! gress would have to figure the actual
leash value of Je* present Mellon - Btr- j
enger agreement as comta;red wirii the
j receipt of a definite amount, which !
j would cut down th* public debt and j
Interest charges of the American peo- j
pie if accepted
Lfferl on French.
! Theory Is that the present rash value
of a debt owed by Germany would b? j
in excess of what the French could ;
i probably ever collect from 'h* German* j
! France eould use the balance • f her j
| share of reparation monev to do a ntim* «
her of thing? She could wipe out her
! debt, for instance, to Great Britain ;
| Credit on her external loan* would be
'obtainable II is calculated at 4 1 . to
; 4fi per cent basis lit a short time In -
! deed the effect of the plan on fixed
charges in th* French budget is be
lieved to be fully appreciated Ly the
French government, wh*r the decision !
to accept a changed reoaialion program j
must, in any event, coin* be for* anv- j
thing can be done to float the big in- j
tr i national loan.
M oi.vmrM Itc.’S t
“WAR’S GREATEST HERO”
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Mali With Bogus Citations Jailed'
for Attempt to Paes
Bad Checks.
!
Frank fi Fowler, allit* John Morris 1
j Tl years old, who, according to bogus j
citations found on his person Is the j
; greater hero of the World War, was I
; sentenced to a year In jail and a fine ,
.of $1 000, or In default of payin'nt,!
; another year, when arraigned tills j
; aiornlng before Police Court Judge John ;
j P McMahon on a charge ot false pre
' tenses lit connection with an attempt to
i pass a bad check at a local jewelry
! store on February H
The certificates found In his pockets
j bore the alleged signatures of Lloyd j
| George and Field Marshal Haig They
j purported (o identify him as a major
1 in Hie Canadian Expeditionary Forces
j Knight Commander of Hie Hath, ami
i holder of various citation* for bravery
j Including Hie Victoria and Distinguished ■
.‘Service Crosse*
j Fowler Is ihaiged by |e»llce With
; mailing a letter to himself to identify j
; him and enable him to puss Ihe cheek I
j At a local Jevehy store lie attempted to j
> jias* a worthies* check for *l5O In
1 exchange for MO worHi of Jewrliv and'
wa* anesUrd. jL
Etruscan Language Is Deciphered
By University of Bologna Savant
I fly th* Associated Press.
BOLOGNA, Italy. February 17.—Prof.
Alfredo Trombettl of the University of
Bologna today announced that he has
succeeded In deciphering the ancient
Etruscan language, which, until now.
has baffled scholars.
Prof. Trombettl, who Is widely known
for his work in philology, is conversant
with nearly 30 languages.
Success in deciphering the Etruscan
1 language will open a great Held of his- j
| torical research work, which has been
; closed for cehturles and will throw ligh: j
j upon earliest Italy.
| Etruria, now known as Tuscany, con-
ARMY HOUSING BILL
OFFERED IN HOUSE
Measure to Authorize Pro-:
gram cf '512,6c4.5c0 Pre
sented by James.
Carrving important items for Walter
Reed General Hospital, for Camp
Meade. Md. for Fort Humphreys and
Langlev Field. Va.. the Army housing
! bill authorizing $12,664,950 for carrying
|on construction projects, was intro
| duccd In the House today by Repre
sentative James. Republican, of Michi
gan. chairman of th? subcommittee on
real estate and construction of the com- ,
mittee on military affairs *
Authorizations in this bill will pro
vide additional housing for 470 offi
cers. 595 non-con«nissinned officers.
5,593 enlisted men and 138 patients in
hospitals. During the last Congress
there was authorized for Army housing
$20,297,000. of this amount sl3 308.000,
has been appropriated and the remain
ing $6,989,000 is carried in the War De
partment appropriation bill. j
$.100.0G0 for Nurse's Quarters.
For Walter Reed General Hospital th*
s bill introduced today carries authoriza
tion for $300,000 for quarters to accom
modate 95 nurses. A bill introduced by
iMr James on January 17. and which
! has passed both Senate ai.d House au
; thorizes $310,000 for continuing work
j on the new hospital at this station Th?
permanent quarters at Walter Reed
; prior to th? inaugurtaion of the Armv
1 housing program by the last Congress,
accommodated 225 enlisted men. 2 onn
s commissioned officers and 17 officers,
i For Fort Humphreys th? bill author
izes new construction to the amount of
SIBO,OOO for 30 sets of non-commis
sioned officers' quarters. Th? last Con
gress authorized $660,000 for barracks
!to accommodate 835 enlisted men
Representative Moore of Virginia intro
: duced a bill on December 19. 1527,
which has been favorably reported by
i the House military affairs committee
: carrying $30,000 to complete th? bar
j racks at Fort Humphreys. The per
i manont quarters at Fort Humphreys
prior to inauguration o! the Army
housing program accommodated 67 of
ficers in semi-permanent quarters.
$300,000 for Langley.
For Langley Field. Va.. th? bill in
troduced today authorizes new construc
tion amounting to $300,000 for 50 sets
of non-commissioned officers' quarters.
No construction in this flying fuld was
\ authorized by the last Congress. The
: permanent quarters at Langle.v Field
! prior to inauguration of th? Army hous
ing program bv the last Congress ac
! commode.ted 132 enlisted men. 5 non
-1 commissioned officers and 87 officers.
For Camp Meade. Md., the bill lnl-o
--] duccd today authorizes new construc
' tion to a total of $550,000. This in
i eludes $150,000 for 25 sets of non-evom
missioned officers' quarters. $230,600
for 29 «?ts of officers' quarters and
$150,000 for a hospital ward contain
! ing 38 beds The last Congress au
thorized construction at this station
amounting to $1,160,000. Os this $1 -
• 010,000 was for barracks to accommo-
I date 1 242 enlisted men and $159,000
for a hospital of 27 beds An item
i of $150,000 was to be included in the
authorization bill for next year, which
will complete the hospital Camp
Meade Is a new station and the funds
authoriz'd by th* last Congress pro
! vide for the first permanent con
i struction.
PRISON LABOR DEFENDED.
Stat* Officials Cite Advantages of
Convict Industry.
Opponents of the Hawes and Cooper
I bills to regulate distribution of prison
mad? goods had an inning today before
j Senate and House committees
The value of prison industries In re
! forming criminals end keeping eon
i victs contented together with prevent
, Ing them from rioting and making bids
foi escajM* was stressed before the
1 Hcus? labor committee by State offi
rials of Idaho and Vermont. Before
; the Senate Interstate commerce com
} mittee. Levin J Chase, secretary of
| th? board of trusiees of the New
Hampshire State Prison, said the,
i Hawes bill was an "entering wedge to
| destroy prison labor."
•
One of the surest ways to cure per
j sons of stammering Is to teach ihcnt to ,
I ring, according to Plunkot Green, the
j singer, while in London recently
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lalned a federation of 12 cities, which
developed as a great naval power. In
fluential in northern and central Italy
long before the first century, A.D.
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in Rome, probably until about 500 B.C.
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IN CHICAGO RACE
I
A. J. Cermak Quits Guberna
torial Field to Run for
Senate.
|
By th* Associated I’rew.
CHICAGO. February 17 —Paving the
way tor a "Democratic harmony cam
paign” in Illinois. Anton J. Cermak,
president of the Cook County Board,
last night withdrew from the race for
governor and announced his intentions
iof becoming a candidate for United
Slates* Senator.
The decision of the Chicago Demo
cratic leader was hailed as an omen of
victory by his party followers, making
Cermak a running mate for Justice
Flovd E. Thomson, candidate for gov
ernor. instead of splitting the party
The Republicans have two slates in
he making, the Small-Thompson-Crowe
, faction opposing the United States Sen
ator Charles S Deneen wing.
The Small-Thompson faction already
, has indorsed Gov. Len Small’s candi
dacy for a third term, while the Deneen
group had not definitely picked its can
didate to oppose Small; although It was
understood Secretary of State Louis L.
Emmcrson, who i$ a candidate, would
get its support.
mi MINE INQUIRY
STARTS NEXT WEEK
Committee Plans Early Ac
tion on Tri-State Probe.
Approved by Senate.
The "thorough and complete" Sen
ate investigation ordered yesterday of
| conditions in the bituminous coal fields
of Pensylvania. Ohio and West Virginia,
will in all probability begin next week.
Chairman Watson of the Interstate
Commerce committee, which will con
duct the inquiry, announced
The resolution of Senator Johnson.
Republican, of California, calling for th
investigation was approved without a
( voice raised against it.
Previously the Senate had rejected.
59 to 15. an amendment by Senator
Reed. Republican. Pennsylvania, pro-,
posing an inquiry also into the coarj
freight rate structure, and the two.,
hours of debate today on the resolu
tion centered almost entirely on this
amendment, which was opposed by Sen
ators from the Southern coal States,
who asked a separate investigation.
Railroads Accused.
The Johnson resolution had received
th’ unanimous approval of the Senate
interstate commerce committee after
it had heard only one witness. Phillip
Murray, international vice president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
who pictured conditions of distress in
th* coal regions and charged a con
spiracy by the Pensylvania. Baltimore
A: Ohio and New York Central rail
roads with the operators to break the
miners' union and wag* agreements
Th? resolution would have the inquiry
go also into complaints against the in
junctions issued in the labor dispute
bv the Federal Court of Western Penn
sylvania and into th* evietins of nu
merous miners from their homes in the
eoal regions.
Provision is also made to permit a
subcommittee to conduct the investiga
tion when necessary with a view to hav
ing this body go into the fields for hear
ings. and Chairman Watson indicated if
there was a demand for field work by
the committee this would be ordered
Details of Probe Omitted.
Senator Reed of Pensylvania joined
with the general chorus in favor of the
inquiry Without going into details ot
what tie cxjM'ried to be studied. Sena
tor Johnson explained briefly his de
mand for a thorough inquiry.
However. Senator Reed defended the
administration of Gov. Fisher of Penn
; sylvania -gainst charges of maladminis- j
t rat ion in collection with th* suspension ;
i of mining operations. He said the trou- j
hie was "there are too manv miners. ;
too manv mines and too high taxes ”,
If Gov Ftsher were “a mint" h* would -
be unable to solve the problem, he said j
NAVY PLAN PRAISED
BY D. A, R. OFFICIAL
! Mrs. W. S. Walker Urges
House Body to Turn Deaf
Ear to Pacifists.
By Hip Associated Press.
The administration's warship con
i struction program was indorsed today :
I before the House naval committee by
j Mrs. William Sherman Walker, vice
j president general of the Daughters of
I the American Revolution, who urged
! members to turn a deaf car to the ap
| peals of pacifists.
j "Speaking from an experience of J
I close study of the radical and pacifist j
movement now existing in America,” j
j she said, "we would invoke you to listen j
j to the voices of constructionists and j
| to ignore the demands of obstruction
ists.
' "If our country were in trouble who j
j would rally to its call? The people who I
are standing with you for an enlarged j
| Navy or the people who are standing
aganist you in this period of reconstruc
tion of our national defense?”
Before Mrs. Walker took the stand
Representative Britten. Republican. Il
linois. who presided at today’s session,
j declared that witnesses who in the last
! two days appeared in opposition to the
program had been misinformed when j
I they said that they had not heard the ;
! program referred to one designed
: largely to replace old hip;,.
"With the of airplane car
riers. everything in the program is dis- j
| tinctly for replacement." he declared
Mrs. Walker under questioning >aid
! she had heard Prof William I. Hull of j
I Swarthmore College testify against the
nr os ram. and to a question bv Brirun
she ‘said she believed it would be ap
-1 propriate for the Daughters of the
American Revolution to stig-es? to the
Swarthmore board of trustees that i
Hull’s resignation be requested.
Mrs. Walker declared that the Daugh- j
I ters of the American Revolution, "as j
the wives and mothers and sisters of :
: men who must go to sea in ships, want
i a Navy in keeping with the up-to-date I
i principles as manifested in all business
] enterprises of our country ”
Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, na’iona!
i president of the Dames of the Loyal
Log ion. indorsed the program, anti E \
B Johns, a Washington newspaper cor- j
respondent, took up a discussion of the
activities.
References to Frederick J. Libbv were
I challenged by Mrs. Laura P. Morgan,
associate secretary for the National l
Council for the Prevention of War. who !
l rose from the rear of the committee
; room to say Johns was not stating tacts.
Bri'ten after hearing Mrs. Morgan <
| told h:r to request Libby to appear be- i
! fore the committee next week, as he '
would "like to question him on his de
liberate misstatements" in literature ■
, s«nt out over Libby's signature regard- I
ing national defense.
?Y!JD S SOOTH POLE
j PLANE HAS LEST
Fckkcr Craft Is “Nice Job,”
i Corrrrents Bennett, Ex
pedition's Pilot.
(*
*®> lb? A**o-iat**il Pr*--.
NEW YORK. February 17 —Assr-
ctates of Comdr. Richard E Byrd wer
pleased today over the initial perform
ance yesterday of the plane he is tc j
‘ use in the Antarctic
Floyd Bennett, Byrd's pilot in his j
North Pole flight, pronounced the plan*
a nice job.”
Test flights to Columbus and Cleve
land. Ohio, and to the Ford airplan- ,
works at Detroit are planned far thr j
next few days.
' I am highly pleased with tire ship.” j
Bennett said, after he had received the
plane from Bern! Balchcn who is also i
to b? a member of the South Pole party,
but yesterday was acting as test pilot i
for the Atlantic Aircraft Corporation
ouilder of the machine "The improve
ments made on the Fckkcr plane, since
we flew th? Josephine Ford over the
North Pole ave been tremendous."
The new Fokker is similar to Byrd s
transatlantic plan? America Powered !
with three Wright motors, it has a wing
spread of 71 feet 2\ inches Its four
i gasol ie tanks have a total capacity ot j
682 n illcns, as compared to the j
gailv >s carried on the America It is i
expected to have a cruising radius of ■
1300 miles and a gasoline consumption j
of 28 gallons an hour at a speed of 02 j
miles an hour The plane will be car
ried south aboard a schooner until ice
bound waters are reached The cock
pit and cabin are healed by the motor j
exhaust
.
SCHULDT DEFENDS
GALLIVAN'S RIGHTS
Judge Who Was Attacked by Rep
„
resentative Retrains Irons
Reply in Speech.
•T have no fault to And with Repre
. nuative Oallivan because he has a
right to say what he pleases. Judge
Ous a Schuldt, presiding judge ot the;
Police Court said in an address before j
the Cosmopolitan Club yesterday, after j
he hud been introduced as a friend of j
the Massachusetts Representative, who)
Tuesday launched a verbal attack i
against Judge Schuldt and demanded ,
ins removal , . s
Judge Schuldt refrained from further j
leference to Mr. ClalUvan and did not j
make a statement m regard to the Rep- ,
resentaUve's eliarges that he < Judge;
Schuldt I was establishing a star chain- J
her ’ court here whan he discharged j
jurors alu* failed to eoift let in a liquor j
case.
The address was delivered at the reg
ular luncheon meeting ot the Cosmo-
IHilitan Club m the Carlton Hotel
Judge Schuldt classed as "s.aekeis
those who try to evade jury unless tnev
have a reasonable excuse My the at
tempt of eitlaens to evade jury duty
they are bringing the lurv system into
ill repute, he declared Judge MehUUU
wax introduced by Meitrand l.mei
i'he club will hold ft stveiftl idght ;
meeting in the Carlton Wdel. Match j
8, it was announced Paul Wrandsiedt
is general chairman of the committee
In i lunge ot arrangements for the in et
ing
HELD UNDER $2,000.
Mickey McDonald. alleged mopvu toi j
of what |h*lut "A’ l l% haiwtboo* i
establishment at 1628 Fourteenth street .
was held under $2,000 bond tor the ;
grand jury bv IH'llee Court Judge John j
I* Ms Malum yesterday afternoon, when ,
lie was arraigned on a charge of selling
up a gaming table
Hergt o J lelterman, head of the
imltce vice squad, testified that he and
ids assistants went to the place Monday
afternoon with a warrant tor the atre»t
of “John line, alias Mickey They
tineatened to dynamite the six inch t
oak door leading Into the suite ol rooms
before they could obtain entrance j
Klghtv-one persona were arrested hut
all but li witneTsc* were later re leave. 1
Lindy Surpasses
Whole Diplomatic
Corps, Davis Says
ST. LOUIS, February 17 (*>>.—Sec
retary of War Davis in a telegram
sent from Midland City, Ohio, to a
Lindbergh banquet here last night
said Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in
his good-will flight "has done more
to promote good relations in South
America than the whole diplomatic
corps.”
"He should have remained in \
Havana,” the telegram said "as dip- i
lomats seem up in the air and lost
in the fog Hope you can keep him
fLindb rgh) on the ground at least
j 6 out of the 24 hours.”
Another telegram, from President
Coolidge, congratulated Lindbergh !
on his flight and expressed the Pres- j
ident’s pleasure that Lindbergh had I
returned safely,
DAVIS. IN SOUTH, I
HITS INTOLERANCE;
i
Derrocratic Nominee in 1924
Says Al Smith Acceptable
to Him.
________—
i i
B.v th- Associated Pre-»
COLUMBIA S. C. February 17
1 John W Davis, Democratic presidential
nominee in 1924. denounced religious in
; tolerance in civil life last night, address
i ing the annual convention of the South
Carolina State Bar Association
Saying that gentile England had had
in Disraeli a Jew for prim» minister, j
Protestant Canada a Catholic premier
jin Laurier and Catholic France a
i Protestant President in Doumergue. he
| declared: "Id be ashamed to believe
j that the spirit of tolerance is less in
! America than in those great democracies
i I have named.”
Some recent manifestations, he said,
j ’warn us not to be vainglorious" over
j our progress from ancient days, when
"human beings slit each other's throats
: because they couldn't agree on what was
: to happen after the throat was slit."
| “I'm perfectly aware." he added, "that
| if I press this subject I shall be sus
pected of talking politics."
In his speech Mr. Davis did not dis
i cuss personalities connected with the;
: present political situation of the eoun-j
; try. but earlier in the evening he de
viated that Gov. Alfred E. Smith of
; New *York was "highly acceptable” to ,
him as a Democratic nominee, and
avowed that he would not permit his
! own name to be placed before the
Houston convention.
‘JRGES DEMOCRATS
TD BEWARE FOLLY
i
Tarrett Predicts Victory if
Party Won't ‘’Blither About
Non-Essentials.”
: Rv the A**oc3 U.-xS Pre,«
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. February 17
—A plea for the Democratic party to
face the issues which challenge it and
not "again fail a victim to its own
folly and blither about non-essentials"
was made last night by Finis Garrett
oi Tennessee, minority leader in the
House of Representatives, in an ad
dress before the Indiana Democratic
Editorial Association.
In 1924. he said, the party broke
ranks before its enemies and fought
with passionate abandon over imag
inary goblins and academic abstrac
, lions,
j "Surely in th? conditions which sur
round us and which are observable on
the very surface." h? said, we have
glaring issues upon which to make a
; successful appeal to the intelligence I
and virtue of America.
"The favoritism which within seven
short years has beer, wrought into Saw; ,
the tangled confusion following in the
wake of corruption and shame: the
foreign policy, or lack of foreign pol
! icy. which has left us without a friend
among the nations of the world the
I domestic distresses w hich all their cun
ning has not enabled them to cure be
cause avarice forbade alleviation, sure
!ly summons us to find a Arm and
common ground upon which the legions
of Democracy can stand and give lusty
battle as in the victorious days of
vor? ”
6.518 UNEMPLOYED
j ARE REPORTED HERE
Police Survey Shows Small Per
centage Out of Work in
District.
i
| A city-wide survey of unemployment
conditions by the Metropolitan Police
j Department shoes that out of Wash
s tug toil's population of 500.000. only
6.518 are out of work according to a
j report made public today by Maj Kd
, win B Hesse, superintendent. Os the
! unemployed, 4 652 an* men and 1 866
I are women
j The investigation was undertaken
| several weeks ago c. tha request of the
l Department of Latvv Commanding
j ofllcers were asked to report for each
! precinct as to the number ot persons
usually employed now out of work and
looking tor jobs The number of un
employed reported bv precincts follows
First precinct, 71; second, 1468
third. 275 fourth 129 fifth. 818. sixth
414. seventh. 397; eighth. 920; ninth,
871; tenth, 467, eleventh. 181 twelfth,
200 thirteenth, 165: fourteenth, 83, and
harbor. 4. The latter reported that
while four men were found that were
without work there are no places of
residence within Us jurisdiction
ACTION DEFERRED.
Fort Reno Bill Referred to Budget
Bureau.
The District Commissioner* referred
to the Budget Bureau today the bill
providing for the tmquismon ot prop
erty in the Fort Item' sutnliv txKMi to
ascertain whether it is ui accord vvtth
the financial program of the adminis
tration
While a resubdivtdon of the IVrt
Ueuo tract would tv desirable, ttie
Commissioners said, the large cost of the
project, coupled with *he unceitamt.v
as to how much of the are* would be
required for sites for a reservoir, tor
seluvi and playground purivviex *>r v>ark
sties constrains ihem from nivKustug
Hie toil ai this time
•
Snow Removal Costs Cut,
NEW YORK. Fvbruarv 17 U
Kmks as if Hie city owes the weather
man a box of cigar* or something
lack of xpow so i*. ibis Winter has
saved the city 8 J 000 OOJ in removal
isxala Bnow ieqko\ai hers averages
$3 600.000 a year.Jr
70 REBELS KILLED
BY MEXICAN ARMY
Five Chieftains Reported
Slain in Religious Uprisings
in Jalisco.
By th" Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. February' 17.—DLv
patches from Guadalajara today said
more than 70 Catholic rebels, including
five chieftains, fell under Federal fir*
yesterday during a series of clashes in
I the State of JalLsco. Different groups
of insurgents, who have suddenly be
come active in the region where the
Catholic rebellion has been going or
for several months, were defeated.
Three chieftains fell in battle, and
two were captured and executed b?
municipal authorities. Another surren
j dered. and another leader was stated tc
! have been seriously wounded,
i On the different battlefields 48 rebels
were actually counted dead. Eleven
were taken prisoners and immediately
i executed, a number of others are un
! derstood to have been killed in the en
: counters.
Heavy Fighting Reported.
Advices received by Gen. Andres
i Figuero, military commandant of the
state, indicated that heavy fighting had
j been going on over an extensive area
! with disastrous results to the rebel
* cause.
i Twenty-five rebels were killed and
seven captured and executed *•» Cirr.at
! lan. Federal forces under Lieut. Col.
Agustin Torres defeated and dispersed a
' large group there under command o!
Chieftains Cuevas. Caro and Gomez.
Twelve others were killed and two
captured and executed by federal force
i under Gen. Miguel Martinez at Rancho
j Viejo and Agua Nueva. The insurgents
were dispersed.
Simon Alarcon, commanding a rebel
* band, was slain in battle with Federal
troops, under Cel. Jaime Quinones, at
San Fatricio.
j Ancther rebel leader, former Col.
Velasco died with nine of his followers
in an encounter with a regiment of the
presidential guard at Chaehalacas. Th*'
regiment was under Gen. Anselm-
Matias.
Chieftains Executed.
Th? Chieftains Magdaleno Galve?
and Manuel Chaves were captured and
executed by the authorities at Sayula
and Mazamiila. respectively. Francisco
Loza is understood to have been seri
-1 ousiy wounded in a battle at Tiaootlan
Del Rev against troops commanded bv
Lieut Col. Jose Aguirre Several rebels
! were slain there and two captured and
executed.
Gen Gabriel Guevara reported tse a
defeat of rebels under Rosalio Lopez a:
Los Trigos near Arr.eca. The mayor
of Guecalco said local guards dispersed
insurgents commanded by Cuevas, who
has teen the most active leader in that
district
Gen. Pablo Rodriguez stated that the
Chieftain Loreto Franco and a group
cf followers had surrendered.
Six hundred rebels made a futile at
tempt to capture Labarca. but the local
guards, under Mayer Vicente Alvarez,
defeated them. The rebels abandoned
several dead in their flight.
DRY ISSUE LOOMS
IN HOOVER-WILLIS
CONTEST FOR OHIO
-
— ■ Continued from First Pag? »
stand if both Mr. Hoover and Senaior
Willis are satisfactory to it as presi
dential candidates, and keep hands off
The league ts mere keenly interested
today in th? candidates who are to
stand on the national party platforms
in the coming presidential election
than it is In the platforms. It is
anxious to have drys nominated by both
Republicans and Democrats. I: wfl!
—ek an enforcement plank in the party
p’atforms. and probably will insist that
the prohibition' law b? mentioned tr.
that plank. But it will no: ask that
any party declare for the principle cf
prohibition
That principle is already in the Con
stitution and the league regards the
tight as wc®. It is pushing on for en
forcement and is not bent on retracing
its footsteps bv asking for a declaration
in favor of th? principle of prohibition
S. P. YOUNG APPOINTED.
Colorado Mar. Made Official in Bu
reau of Biological Survey.
Stanley p Young of Colorado, for
nterly of Oregon, was appointed head
of the division of economic investiga
tions cf the Bureau of Bkilogteal Sur
vey yesterday and will be in charge cf
the rodent and predatory animal con
trol operations of the United States
Department of Agriculture, succeeding
Dr A K Fisher
Dr Fisher will be assigned to sc sen
tide research work in economic err.l
thology. a subject he has much
interested in for many years
Young has been in Washington since
last May as assistant head of the di
vision.
COPELAND BILL HIT.
City He- via Opposed to Doors Open
ing Outward.
The Copeland bill which wvwiki re
quire the exit doors of all buddings
to the District more than twv* stories
to height to open ixr.ward was opposed
by the District Commissioners •.'day
tn a report to Chairman Capivr of the
Senate District committee
The Commivsioners took the position
that the bill is unnecessary and that
one of its possible results w.xild te the
sw tog mg out of doors over puhfic space
as many houses are erected flush with
the building line Moreover the vVos
mxssivvners said the gajwng of a number
of ikxors. as pivbably wxwild be the ease
to the Summer months. • would seq be
"architecturally edifying
TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS
To tv alio*ext an exemption of $3 SHX*
a man ;ed cvniple must have lived to
gether" n\ the eves of the law for the
enure taxable >ear However, in the
abseiKe of vxwunnious residence to
gether the question of whether man and
wife ase living tvxgvUie: depends utxwi
the charactei .q seivaratawt it ,xv»-
sKuiaUx the husband is away mi busi
nt'ss or if. foi any necesaary reason, a
ienuvrary senarauon exusts, the tuU ex
empUv'ii is allowed Bui when ihe htts
band vteliboraiety and oontunavusly
makes his home at one tvhnv and the
wite at siW'tiVr they are classed as
single ivi sons, atwi i-ach t> allowed an
exempt uni vd $ \ 5vV only
In the absence vvt vxxnunuwis actus*
I lesidenoe n>ge4hei w hrthci a perwot*
• with vViV.UH-nt ivlaUves is Ihe he**
v't a t. mUy. au«i theiefvxre enlilVd *
an exemption ol 33 >vV, a’uw' depends
utKvn the character ot ihe s*.ps.a*xxB.
If a father is awa.v rwi business **t „
child s'* sHlhu stevviisivnt t* away as
schsxvl s'! on a vs-ut sh - remmon kw
be tug luamlamect the e xvntpliott ap -
plies If a aient tx sdciged to mam
lain hex dep idcul s-hUdivn tn a boa’d
ing Ikhsm' while he toes escwVrv Ur
exemption may xtiU apiC' But it tern
farts'; and *%*penden| needlessly ano
* esvntinusvusly h'e apart ihe staius of a
beast of a fwmilv stoe-v ax exist, ir»?-
•ivetne o< the stiWNti gn«*L