WEATHER.
itt S Weather Bureau Forecast 1
Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer
tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight
about 32 degrees
Temperature—Highest. 46, at 3 pm.
yesterday; lowest, 34, at 6 am. today.
Full report on page 9.
Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15
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HOOVER ASSURED
OF VIRGINIA VOTES
AT KANSAS CITY
Slemp. Speaking at Dinner
Attended by Secretary.
Pledges His Support.
SMITH OPENLY ENTERS
MASSACHUSETTS RACE
Lowden Increases Support by Car
rying North Dakota Pref
erence Primary.
BY G. GOl'l.D LINCOLN.
Virginia's delegation to the Repubii- j
can national convention v ill support ■
Secretary' Herbert Hoover for the pres- ■
idential nomination, according to C. j
Bascom Slemp. Republican national j
committeeman of the State.
Mr. Slemp made his first public state-!
meet of the position of the Virginia j
relegation at a dinner at the Willard I
Hotel last night, attended by 75 mem- i
bers of the House, supporters of Mr. j
Hoover for the Republican nomination, j
Mr Slemp has been a power in the j
Republican party in Virginia for years, j
For a number of years he was the
party's sole Representative from \ ir- ’
gir.ia in the House, and later was secre
taxy to the President.
Has 17 Delegates.
Addressing the dinner guests last i
night, among whom was Mr. Hoover. :
Mr. Hemp said that 90 per cent of the ;
delegates to the Republican State con
vention. held in Roanoke last Saturday,
were for the nomination of Mr. Hoover.
He said furthermore that he personally
intended to support Mr. Hoover s can
didacy from the beginning of the na
tional convention and that the other
members of the delegation would do
likewise. Virginia has 17 delegates to j
the nat onal convention.
Announcement from Albany that Gov.
Alfred E. Smith of New York has
formallv assented to having his name
go before the voters of Massachusetts 1
in the presidential preferential primary J
in that State on April 24 was received j
here with no little interest. Gradually
the open candidacy of Gov. Smith for j
the Democratic presidential nomination
has spread over the country. For s
months the governor and his close j
friends continued to deny that he was !
a candidate for the nomination, and ;
insisted he was intent merely upon j
carrying on his duties as Governor of [
New York. But the action of several
Slates, mhifh have instructed delega
tions for him. left no doubt at all that
the governor was a candidate, and his
1 >rmal filing in the Massachusetts
rrhnarv has only served to put the
t rial stamp of candidacy upon the gov
ernor. There are still Democratic oppo
nents of the governor, however, who
are hoping that before the Houston
convention assembles he will withdraw
from the race
X* Republicans in Race.
Senator David L Walsh of Massa
chusetts. a stanch supporter of Gov. |
Smith for the nomination, commenting ;
todav upon the entry of the governor
into the Massachusetts primary, said j
ina* “it was not necessary except to
comply with the law, for the State was
overwhelmingiy for Gov. Smith."
No Republicans so far have hied in
the presidential primary in Massachu-;
art's Mr. Hoover, it is said, has no j
intention of filing there, being satisfied j
with the situation and the slate of
delegates, who under the plans of the j
organization In Massachusetts are to
be uninstructed. It is President Cool- j
ldge s home State, and much sentiment j
s’ih exists there for the renomlnation ;
of the President, if he can be induced
to ran.
If a proposal made by Gov. Fuller to
the Massachusetts Legislature is car
ried out. the voters will be in a posi
tion to •write in their preference for
the presidential nomination.
Smith adherents were pointing today
with satisfaction to the fact that North
Dakota in its primary yesterday had
pledged its delegation to the Demo
cratic national convention to support
Oov. Smith. This means 10 more
Western delegates from the Northwest
instructed for the New Yorker. Min
neaota lias instructed its 24 delegates
for Smith and in South Dakota where
the primary ifc to bt hfcJtJ May 22, th*
Smith people hope to have another
solid delegation 10 strong Senator
Walsh of Montana however, still has
to be reckoned with in South Dakota,
ailbcAigh at the recent proposal con
vention" to that state a majority of
the votes placed Smith's name on the
bailor a t the majority party candidate
for the State preference.
Law den Gets Support.
North Dakota Republican*, in their
primary yesterday, instructed for Prank
O Lowden for President. Low den is the
only candidate for the preference of
South Dakota and it to ha ve it is ex
pecteb. 23 out of the 27 delegates named
by tlit Republicans of Minnesota.
Twenty-seven States were represented
■ v tb Hoover dinner last night at the
V/.ii»r<J Hotel It was announced that
tit tut lute'll of the House in addition t/>
ir/ju- yho attended lip- dinner Lad
divert assorancee they were lor Mr
Hoover for President
Representative Robison of Kentucky
fjttxi c*d at the dinner In his address
Ut referred to "some |e>hlP lans and po
litical bosses v rao were attempting to
bring about a situation w hereby a email
group of tnem may meet m virm secret
t>*M, at 2 o'clock in the mwniiig and
tom it: the standard bearer of tiie Repub-
IPan party" It* denounced attacks
w/iicii have b»*en made upon Ue Repub*
IkaitMß and AmericanUm of Mr
Hv/ver.
Monun .Members Attend
■J Hr** Itepubh* an woman members of
t t House attended the dinner Mi>
j /mol Massac-hiiteiU M<s Kahn of
* i.iUju.* and Mrs langley of K*n
t ,<ry. Tint iaat two were among tire
gpeegerg
Representative D>er of Missouri, who
|s. to tee a delegate to U.e Republican
national contention announced ills s ip
port of Mr Hoover for toe first time
i/e. Representative Lure of Massa
cnucetu axaerted Uiat lie overwiieim
fng sentiment of tie Re public ana of
Jdaasachuaetta was lor Mr Hoover.
fXlttr Speaker* included Kepjeumta
e KeO-nam of Michigan Itepreseipa
r Win U-r of Wyoming Represents
-1 e 'layiof f il Tennessee Representa
e pjederl'k F Davenport of New
•r RepreseritaU»* hurdl<* of Riiodc
i »no and Itepraaentalive Cole of low#
Jn ia-r addjesr Mrs Kahn said that
»■ i Pacific Slope would ire unanimously
.! Hoover at Ha Kansas City oonven
\ gne declared Ijuil liie women of
1 ( i eoui.tr> especially teanPiJ It# Idea
C on I'sgr 2, Om jtnn I r
I LOWEST-PAID U S. EMPLOYES
TELL STORIES OF HARDSHIPS
V eterans of C;vil, Spanish and World Wars
Are Among Those Appearing at Hear
ing on Welch Bill.
i Tears were brought to the eyes of
the members of the House civil service
i committee conducting hearings on the
Welch bill to establish a minimum of
61.500 a year in the Government serv
ice and the 200 auditors who crowded
; the committee room today when their
sympathies were aroused by the simple
; stones told by the lowest-paid Govern
ment employes, who are making a
valiant fight to keep soul and body to
gether on salaries of from $1,020 to
51.400 a year.
It was the heart-interest story simply
told by men on the downgrade of life
who have served the Nation in tlv
Spanish-American. Civil and World
Wars, who went into details of how
ill' cents were expended in their fam
ilv budget and the makeshifts that
| were made through purchase of cracked
I eggs and other second-rate foods and
| second-rate clothing.
Frequently these men. giving details
mm naval
I BILL IS REPORTED
Measure Is Largest Since
Arms Limitation Parley.
$20,384,000 Increase.
By the Associated Pres#.
Proposing the largest expenditure for
the naval establishment since the Wash
ington limitations conference, the an
nual Navy Department supple bill was
reported to the House today by its ap
propriations committee.
The measure s total. $359,190,000, was
an increase of $20,384,000 above cur
rent funds, but a decrease of $1,288,000
j below budget recommendations.
I The committee report, drafted by
j Representative French, Republican.
| Idaho, said that the increase was
brought about “chiefly by the mount
| ing costs of naval aviation” and also
| by the “fact that all eight of the 10,000-
j ton cruisers authorized in 1924 will be
under construction at one time.”
"The committee can vision no pros
jpect of declining naval costs in ihe im
' mediate future." the report added. “In
deed, all indications point to an ap
preciable and immediate upward trend."
The 16 new warship-construction pro
gram recently approved by the House,
aviation, modernization of capital ships,
and the possibility of replai-ement of
existing ships several years hence were
referred to as prospective causes of in
creased appropriations.
Some Economies Foreseen.
The report said that some economies
; could be effected. Including the decom-1
missioning of ships “admittedly of no
military valuer” and added:
j “The point is. however, that Ihe an
nual outlays confronting us are of such
magnitude that the committee feels
called upon to suggest that we
cannot permit ourselves to be domi
nated wholly by the service point of
view; that we must pause to consider
the need for Federal funds in other
: directions, and that we must weigh
; with increasing care the propositions
! that come to us which involve addi
tional naval expenditures."
For heavier-ihan-air aviation the bill
allotted $31,315,000, an increase of *ll,-
215 000. plus a contract authorization
!of $10,000,000 This would provide for
i ’he delivery of 271 new planes during
1 the year 1928-29 In addition, *2,000,-
000 was recommended to start work on
two new dirigibles.
To complete the eight cruisers and
two V-type submarines, all of which
are expected to be finished by 1930,
an appropriation of $48,000,000. an in
crease of $13,500,000, was recommended
l
Marine Corps Given Increase.
The Marine Corps received a total
allotment of $24,186,000. or $1,104,000
above current funds. The report did
not say whether any or all of this in
crease was necessitated by the sending
| of Marines to Nicaragua and China
i The appropriation would provide for
; continuing the corps at its present size,
18,000 men and 1.178 officers,
| The committee, however, did say that
| 7,634 Marines are on "foreign shore
’ duty in connection with carrying out
| our national policies," and that there
was no expeditionary force under train
ing and available for active service in
an emergency eitlier of peace or war
j Regarding submarine disasters, the
committee said it had been prompted
by the tragic 8-4 crash to conduct ex
haustive inquiry Into possible ways of
building or equipping the under-sea
craft to lessen the dangers, and that
S2OO 000 had been provided for the Navy
continuing safety device work Besides
tiie present salvage ships Falcon and
Widgeon, the report said that the
Ortolan and two other vessels would be
assigned to such work thus providing
a salvage ship each for the Atlantic,
j Canal Zone, Pacific Coast, Hawaiian and
Philippine areas
The committee specifically allotted
$255 090 of the $2 005.483 given to the
Naval Academy to increase from three
U> four tlte number of appointments
each member of Congress may make
! This would increase tire possible number
' of midshipmen at Annapolis from 1,710
j to 2 112 rhia recommendation was
made, it was; said to prevent a possible
shortage in officers, as aviation demands
would be h»avy and that on September
30 last tiieie were actually 6 423 officers
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readers,
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f of the struggle against starvation in
■> their humble homes, turned aside from
, | their own plight to urge relief for some
, I unfortunate fellow worker whose emer
gency was a little bit more desperate
' than their own because there were more
1 mouths to be fed.
r One witness —P. J. Lydecker, from
. Patersqn, N. J., who spoke for the low
est paid employes in the custodial serv
ice receiving from $1,020 to $1,140 a
1 year and who came from a sick bed as
■ their spokesman—was asked by Repre
i sentative Maniove of Missouri, presiding
temporarily as chairman, what the in
, sigma was that he wore in his button
. hole. Mr. Lydecker replied, “That is
the grandest button in the world, the
I emblem of the Grand Army of ihe Re
public.”
Seven members of the House appeared
at the hearing today, urging an early
i favorable report on the Welch bill as a
i! ma’ter of simple justice to underpaid
j Government employes These were Rep-
; 1 (.Continued on Page 2. Column 4.)
HOUSE O.K. IS SEEN
FOR DISTRICT VOICE
McLeod. Indorsing Move,
Holds Measure Will Be
Passed by Colleagues.
Approval of the joint resolution pend
ing in Congress which would provide
for national representation for the Dis
trict of Columbia will be voted by a
majority of members of the House when
they nave the opportunity to act on the
proposal, Representative McLeod, Re
publican. of Michigan, chairman of the
I judiciary subcommittee of the House
District committee, declared last night
in addressing the Washington Cham
ber of Commerce, at the Willard Hotel.
Mr McLeod, making his first public
announcement of his convictions on the
matter, declared himself absolutely to
be in favor of the movement to give
representation in the houses of Con
gress for the half million District resi
dents, and pledged nis full support in
obtaining approval of the proposal.
"I have never made a public state- i
ment heretofore concerning national
representation lor Washington," he
said, “but I want to state now that the
sooner Washington can have repre
sentatives in the House and Senate the
better off the country at large will be.
Congress Recognises Need.
“Congress is realizing that this city
is entitled to suffrage, that the placing
in Congress of representatives of the
people of the District would lessen the
burdens on the District to a great de
: gree, that it would eliminate Jn a great
measure questions which arisf as to the
budget of the District and the question
as to what should be the proper divi-
I sion ol the costs between the local tax
payers and the country as a whole, it
w-ould tend to solve these matters, for
the elected representatives of the Dis
trict would know the views of the Dis
trict people and would be their spokes
men.
‘ It and when the opportunity is to
be presented to the House to vote on
the proposition 1 believe the majorhv
of the members of the House will au
prove the joint resolution."
Mr McLeod traced briefly some of
the qualifleations of the District for the
franchise, pointing to nearly 600.000
present population, the rapid and beau-
Uful developments that are being made
in the National Capital and lauding tht
activities of the trade organizations ol
the city It is tragic, he said, that Con
gress could not witness the Chamber oi
Commerce in action. It would be p
great incentive to Congress to grant
i representation to the District if its
j members could see the commerce asso
ciation at its meetings.
Tell* of Great Highway.
Mr. McLeod In his rather brief ad
dt * scri bed tire purposes of the bill
r * hlch he has inrtoduced in the House
providing for the promotion of a treat
; 200-foot highway stretching from the
center of the United States through
l Mexico and Central America and to the
l very tip of South America at Cape
» ff orn The bill proposes the appropria-
t 1 lion °* *2OO 000 for p commission to
, ( co-operate with officials of Central and
.; noutli American countries in planning
i ‘ financing the nroposed interna
tional highway. Besides opening up the
* unrevealed natural splendor of the
j | Western Hemisphere, he said, such a
, I r< *®d building program would create
f great and new markets in Central and
i South America for exports from the
t United States. Also, he said, the i iads
P would be built so as to be available tor
$ emergency landing nlaces tor airplanes,
j Surveys made by engineers of the
. Guggenheim Found tlon 30 years ago.
f j he said showed that the road project
g was possible He asked the chandler
, | m study the measure and a committee
j wa: named to make a report on the bill
Mr McLeod's declaration for national
j representation tor the District followed
r | upon a report on the subject by Thomas
e ! P Littlepage for tile committee on
s epi esentatlon for Washington In which
i tie traced progress made recently In the
r, movement for citizenship rights for
i j residents of tiie Capital
s “Plans for a concerted drive to ad
s' vance the cause of national represen
a ration In the Seventieth session of Con
r | gress" he said, "were jarfected early
• ids year by members of the citizens'
fContinued <m Paga 4. Column :<»
; U. S. ANTI WAR PLAN
, IS URGED BY GIBSON
AT GENEVA PARLEY
Multilateral Pact Would Win
l Confidence of Whole World,
He Says.
; PROPOSALS OF SOVIET
! VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED
| French Reply to Kellogg's Last
’ Note Expected to Pave Way
to Agreement.
BY JOHN GUNTHER.
i ! R.v C.ililp <o The St;ir and Cliicaso Oailv
. [ News. Copyright, lU2H.
GENEVA. March 21.—Hugh Gibson,
American delegate to the Preparatory
Disarmament Commission Conference,
’ today presented the American scheme
for the outlawry of war before the
j League of Nations for the first time
and at the same time he vigorously de- j
1 ] nounced the Russian proposals for com
plete disarmament.
I “The American Government believes
1 whole-heartedly that a multilateral
treaty outlawing war would be wel
comed by the whole world, and believes
that such a treaty would be more suc
cessful in attaining world peace than
any scheme of disarmament, however
drastic." Mr. Gibson declared.
The problem is to create confidence
in peace by psychological changes and
then disarmament can follow, Mr. Gib- j
son said.
Assails Russian Proposals.
Mr. Gibson went much further than :
Lord Cushendun of Great Britain in in- !
sLsting that the Russian proposals be
scrapped.
"The Russian delegates intimated
that they looked for American support
for their scheme on the grounds of
sincerity, logic and consistency." he
said. “I must femove any possibility of
a misunderstanding. It is exactly as a
question of sincerity, logic and con
sistency that the United States disbe
lieves in the Russian proposals and be
lieves instead in its own."
The point of Ixjrd Cushenduns
speech yesterday was neither to refuse j
nor accept the Russian scheme, but to t
refer it to committee. Mr. Gibson to- |
dav scoffed at this compromise and in
sisted that the Soviet proposals be dis- j
missed forthwith.
Opposes Prolonging Discussion. j
"We have had since December to j
consider the Russian draft." Mr. Gibson |
said, "It is not our method to refer |
matters to committee, but to submit!
them to the governments, if they are
not acceptable for general discussion at
first. The- Russian proposals are totally
out of spirit with our wort. No real
(Continued on Page 2. Column 8.1
MINE ISU NOTE"
BRANDED FORGERY
Never Saw Company Order to
Clean Up for Senators,
Says Attorney.
By the A«#o«‘tatr<l Pres*.
The paper purporting to be an order
from the Pittsburgh Coal Co. to its
mine superintendents to "clean up un
sightly conditions" and to keep coal and
iron police in the background duruig
the visit of Senators to its mine? was
denounced as a "forgery” in the Senate
coal investigation today by Don Rose,
attorney for the coal company.
A moment before additional evidence
to support the authenticity of the docu
ment was given by Rev. W. G. Nowell,
Methodist Episcopal pastor, who for
merly ministered at the Montour No 4
mine of the Pittsburgh Co. He said in
formation regarding the "clean-up" let
ter had been given him by minor offi
cials of the coal company prior to the
arrival of the Senate subcommittee.
Says He Bought Letter.
Upon completion of the pastor's state
ment Rose protested that the coal com
' puny counsel had been denied the
privilege of seeing the letter. He re
-1 pealed an earlier description of the
! paper by C. E. Lesher, executive vice
1 president of ilie company, as a "forged
document" and demanded that the
1 names oi the officials who furnished
the document or spoke about it be
revealed.
■ Chairman Watson of Indiana said
- that tills proposal would be taken up
by tlie committee in executive session.
The original order was mentioned by
Senator Coumui, Republican, Michigan,
in ills Senate resolution yesterday de
manding the resignation ol Secretary
1 Mellon II was given to tile committee
' by Harry Brundldge, a reporter for the
1 Ht Ijouls Star, He said lie purchased
1 the letter for $26 from a Pittsburgh
' Coal Co employe. Both Brundldge and
ilev Mr. Nowell said they had promised
not to reveal tile names of their in
' forman la
Olivet K Eaton read a letter from
' J. I) A Morrow, president ot the
( Pittsburgh Coal Co,, to employes of that
company before (lie arrival of the Sen
ate subcommittee, and Rose admitted
tlie sending of tltai document. Eaton
contended that this letter was tlie one
referred to In (lie alleged "forged docu
ment" as “the spirited tetter" which
I tlie coal company was mailing to Its
1 employes.
( liarges Brutality.-
Eaton then submitted records if the
: coroner's office at Allegheny County.
Pa., which, lie said, showed "14 or 16
mui dei« recently among the strike
breakers employed by tlie Pittsburgh
Coal Co and the Pittsburgh Terminal
Coal Corporation.”
Further testimony of alleged brutality
by the coal and iron police employed
by Ute Pittsburgh Coal Co was given by
Rev Newell, lie charged that boot
legging was "winked at ' by the special
police at 14111 Hlultun. Pa , saying that
in one Instance when ha instated on a
raid more titan 6U(i quarts of "bootleg
liquor" was seised
W D Reese, McKeesport. Pa, an
Investigator tor the United Mine Work
ers, testified that some of (Ire records
of coal and iron police commissioned
hv Pennsylvania were dented hint at the
office of Gov. Phater in Harrisburg,
jl
SPRING IS HERE!
WOMAN BELIEVED !
DEAD MAY RECOVER
“Lifeless” Body Found in
Berth of New York Train
! *
Taken to Morgue.
Pronounced dead and taken to the j
District Morgue this morning an uni- I
dentifled woman, found apparently I
lifeless in her berth when her train j
! arrived here from New York, began I
i to breathe three hours after life was >
| considered extinct and at noon today I
| physicians were hopeful of saving her I
j life.
| With two partially filled vials of:
1 poison by her side she was discovered j
! by a porter at 6:45 o'clock as the train
I approached the Union Station. A white
I carnation, wrapped carefully in paraf
fin paper, was found in an envelope j
on which she had printed "Please bury ‘
this with ma."
Dr. Charles W. Harasberger. one oi
the physicians for the Washington
Terminal Co., examined the woman and
pronounced her dead, stating that she
had been dead apparently for more
than an hour.
Body “Fairly Rigid.”
His t*sts indicated, he said, that there
was no heart action and the pulse had
ceased to beat. The body, he stated,
was "fairly rigid." When the hearse
from the District Morgue arrived, the
body was covered with a sheet and
placed in it, while W. W. Estes, assist
ant morguemaster, collected her bag
gage preparatory to taking it to the
Morgue.
It was not until the body had been
removed from the vehicle and laid on a
table at the Morgue that Mr. Estes and
W. M. Schoenoerger. the morguemaster.
observed the telltale twitching of the
muscles that told them life was there.
They immediately summoned the rescue
squad and physicians, and the patient
worit of forcing an occasional gasp to
merge into the regular rhythm of nat
ural breathing was begun.
The woman was living at noon today
after members of the Fire Department
rescue squad and physicians had en
gaged in resusitation work for three
hours. The lescu.- workers are continu
ing their efforts, headed by Dr. J Ram
sey Nevitt. District coroner, and Dr. j
J W. Ballard of the Casualty Hospital j
staff, who arrived simultaneously with
the rescue squad.
Injections Are Given.
While the members of the rescue \
squad were working with the artificial j
respiration and the oxygen inhalator. i
Dr Ballard gave her injections of hot
coffee and adrenalin, the latter a sttm- i
ulant for the heart. No heart action ;
could be heard through the stethescope,
but pulse movement was felt in the i
throat muscles, which, physicians said,
indicated that the woman still breathes
Boarding a Pennsylvania train at
New York last night, the woman wrote
two tetters and gave them to the por
ter. W Earle, who mulled them just tie
fore the train pulled out at 10.30
o'clock. He did not notice their ad
dresses. She requested him to call her
at 6:30 o'clock and retired When he
went to her berth to rouse her. as the
train was, nearing Washington, he
found her fully clothed, except for her
shoes, and apparently dead
A piece of gauiee, soaked with chloro
form. was clutched In her right hand
and two partially filled vials, their la
bels mutilated, lav by her side. It. N
Senior the Pullman conductor, sum
moned Dr Harnsberger as soon as the
train readied the station.
Few (lues to Identify.
Examination of her baggage failed to
reveal any due which might lead to
her identification except for the name
of a New York optician on a leather
eyeglass case. An eyeglass wiper bore
the name of another optician All tags
had been taken front her clothing and
her hat bore only the name of the
maker.
A few envelope* and several sheets
of cheap, white stationary, similar to
the paper on which she wrote tlte Id
lers mailed by the porter, were found
In her bag A small suit case contain
ed a new light blue silk dress and a
dark dress The absence of night
clothing and the usual complement of
toilet articles Indicated that she had
planned to make her trip a fatal one
before she purchased her ticket.
Nhe was wearing a light dress and
had a black coat, trimmed with a black
fur collar It was of good, but not
expensive material Ah of her posses
sions were chosen apparently with an
eye to service The only note of frivol
ity was a theater program, found in her
hag dose to the carnation Her puixe
contained seven dollars In bills and a
two dollar and a half gold piece in a
little ttox.
In her bag was found a time table
of the long Island Railroad with the
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Insurance Policy
Must Cover Aero
Deaths, Law Holds
By (he Associated Pres#
NEW YORK. March 21 .—An insur
ance company may not, by a rider. '
limit its liability to an amount less
than the face value of a policy In
cases where the holder died in an
airplane accident while a non-pay- .
ing passenger. James A. Beha, State
superintendent of insurance, ruled
today.
The ruling wason an application by I
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. j
for permission to attach a rider to
its policies providing that in such
deaths the beneficiary should re
ceive only the amount of the re
serve on the policy.
Beha ruled that under the State
law. the onlv circumstances in which !
the policy may be limited, aside
from failure of the holder to pay
dividends, is in the event of the
death of the holder while in military
or naval service In time of war.
LINDBERGH IS GIVEN
HIGHEST U.S. AWARD
President Bestows Congres
sional Medal at White House
Ceremony.
The highest decoration of the Ameri
can Government, the Congressional
Medal of Honor, was bestowed today on
behalf of the Nation on Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh by President Coolidgc at
a brief Impressive ceremony at the
rear of the White House and was wit
nessed by a distinguished army of no
tables.
President Coolidgc in pinning the
much-coveted blue-ribboned trophy
around the distinguished flying colonel's
neck referred. In a short address, to
the act of Congress which made today’s
ceremony possible. In the gathering
which witnessed the 15-minute cere
mony were Secretaries Davis of the
i War Department. Wilbur. Hoover and
I New. and Assistant Secretaries of Avta
tion MacCmcken and Warner Vice
| President Dawes occupied an important
I position next to Col Lindbergh, while tn
I the group were Senators Curtis and \
Robinson, majority and minority lead- \
ers In the Senate. Speaker Umgworth
and Representatives TUson and Garrett, j
majority and minority leaders In the
House. ' Rear Admiral W A Moffett, j
chief of the Bureau of Nava' Aeronau
tics. and May Gen Charles P Sum-]
mcrall. chief of staff of the Army, iv- :
cupied prominent positions tn the
event.
Famous Press Battery.
A small army of still and motion pic
ture camera men photographed the i
scene from long and short range. The j
request of a photographer to President ;
Coolidge. “Mr President, shake hands!
again, please,” brought a laugh from
the onlookers
Following the ceremony, the Presi
dent again repeated his address for a
talking motion picture production
Col. Lindbergh arrived at the White
House executive offices shortly before
noon, accompanied by Secretary Davis
of the War Department He came upon
a group of visitors at the Wtiite House
entrance so suddenly that they scarcely
realized that the notable flyer had i
passed within the portals
Witnessing the bestowal of the Con- i
gresslonal Medal of Honor, which Con- i
gress voted for Col Lindbergh's eptwh- i i
making aerial dash to Parts, members I I
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Army Aviator Ls Critically Injured
When Forced to Land on Rough Field ;
Forced by a strong oro»»-wt«d to loud
hi* l*W-9 plane in a dangerous tract
just northeaal of hulling Field, Second
l,lent Harry J. Flateuua) of the Army
Air Corps was severely crushed about
the head at about 10 30 o'clock this
morning alien hi* plane overturned
He was taken to Waller heed Hos
pltal, where It was said he Is In a
"very critical condition." and is suiter
lug either from a concussion or fine*
lure of the skull. The plane itself was,
badly smashed,
Ueut Flaterjual, a member of the
post at Moiling Field, had taken oft
alone earlier In the morning on a cu»-
tomary practice night about the held
Cue to the direction of the wlud, tie
had to make hi* landing approach dy
ing across the Ht Kllaabelli reservation
dust befora reaching Moiling Field the
•Hong wlqr* forced him down across
f ~ - J~~_ 1 ' - ■ u m *
“From Pres* to Home
Within the llour**
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block ami the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,118
(A>) Means Associated Press.
corns PROPOSES
MELLON BE OUSTED
Offers Resolution in Senate
Charging Contempt for
Law.
By the A *»<*•! a ted Frees.
A target for Democratic attacks ever
since he testified recently in the Senate j
oil committee inquiry. Secretary Mellon
today faced the withering fire of a
prominent member of his own party |
aimed at his resignation from the
cabinet*
Senator Couzens. Republican. Michi-!
gan, long a stanch foe of the Treasury
Secretary on tax policy, had pending .
a resolution which would place the j
Senate on record as favonng Mellon's'
retirement.
Attached to the proposal was a long |
| list of citations as grounds for the Sec- !
j retary's leaving President Cooiidge's j
| official family. Throughout his entire
| administration, the resolution said, j
i "there runs an Indifference to the law. j
! a contempt for the law, a defiance of j
I lßw "
former Demands Recalled.
The move, directed principally against
the Secretary's failure to inform the j
Teapot Dome committee of Harry F
Sinclair’s contributions to the Republi- I
can party in 1923. after the oil inquiry
had begun, served to recall the Senate J
action in 1924. when it requested the
resignation of Secretary Den by of the |
Navy and Attorney General Daugherty j
for their connection with the oil cases j
President Coolidge declined to heed the
requests at the time. Both cabinet offi
cers later resigned, the latter by re
quest.
The Senate has not the power to *
force such resignations and Senator j
Cou2ens’ resolution will have to wait
for such time a. the rules will permit
its coming up for debate
The long list of "whereases" in the'
resolution read:
The Senate of the United States;
has since October 23. 1923. been in
vestigating the disposition of our naval
oil reserves, and
•'For nearly all of this time there |
have been new developments, until up I
to the present time there has been dis- j
closed the worst trail of fraud and cor-!
ruption in public life that has existed
in our history, and.
"For considerably over four years An
drew W Mellon. Secretary of the Treas
ury, has been familiar with the rela- j
tionship of Harry F Sinclair to the j
Republican national committee of that
period, and which relationship disclosed
that the said committee received at
least SttfO.OOO of Liberty bonds from
Harry F. Sinclair to pay the commit
tee's indebtedness for the 1920 cam
paign. and
Rond Silence filed
*ln November. 1923, Andrew W
Mellon was informed of the source of
these bonds and received from the
chairman of said committee $30,000 of
the bonds, and
"It Is true that he returned these
bonds, yet he at no time revealed this
information until it was indicated from j
another source, and
“The interstate commerce committee
of the Senate has been holding hear
ings on resolution 10b to investigate
the conditions in certain bituminous 5
coal fields, and
"In the course of this investigation j
the Pittsburgh C»val Co., a Mellon en
terprise, it has b»en disclosed, has done i
everything it could do to defeat obtain
ing accurate findings as to its mines
by the issuance of orders.
' The Senate of the United States has
condemned the expense of $780,934 in
behalf of William S Varo in a recent
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the railway track* at a particularly j 1
tough plot of ground I;
in the crash the machine toppled !
over, Hint Ueut Kiatequal was picked
up unconscious, with gashes In hi* \
scalp amt tils heart crushed He was
taken first to the post dispensary I
where tie regained consciousness, ami:
then was hutrust to Walter Heed
Ueut Ptateouat is than Minnesota \
amt attended tne I’uive rally of Mtune |
sota and Hie University of Maryland j
, He was commissioned a second lieu- j
tenant m the Army An Corps June 3d I
lih}'?, and has t»eeit stationed since then
at Hulling Held
He was formerly attached to the
Naial An Curpa as an ensign, and was
stationed at the naval station at Ana
coatla In IVcember last he was given *
the rating of Junior airplane idiot
He Uvea with his mother, M*s. I H j
Bingham, at <SU# Ninth street
TWO CENTS.
SENATORS outer
IN CLASH OVER OIL
SCANDAL POLITICS
Robinson Under Fire as He
Attempts to Defend Smith
Attack.
BLACKMER LOSES MOVE
TO HALT BOND SEIZURE
Court Rules United States Has
Control Over Absent Citizens
Because of Allegiance.
By tb<: Kited P.f «.
The Teapot Dome scandal bulged out
of the oil committee onto the floor of
the Senate today, where it again pro
voked a bitter debate, with Senator
Robinson of Indiana bearing the brunt
of a battle with a half a dozen or more
of his colleagues.
Taking the floor to reply to the
strictures of Gov. Alfred E. Smith of
New York, who roundly denounced the
Indianan and Chairman Nye of the oil
committee for bringing his name into
the discussions, Robinson charged that
•men in both parties betrayed their
trust" and that men like Harry F. Sin
; clair do not confine their activities to
one party. He said he would cite a
case where Senator Walsh of Montana
had approved of some activities of £•
L. Dcheny, who leased the Eli Hills
naval reserve, at a later time.
The debate centered largely about
the appointment of Sinclair to the New
York Racing Commission and complete
ly overshadowed today s session of the
oil committee.
Marsh Again Denies "Deal.”
The only witness before the com
mittee today was Wilbur W. Marsh.
' treasurer of the Democratic national
committee from 1916 to January. 1924.
who reiterated that he had not entered
into any agreement with the late Fred
W. Upham. treasurer of the Republican
national committee, under which the
two parties made no report of contribu
tions in 1923.
After the public hearing the com
mittee met behind closed doors to dis
cuss future procedure. It was an
nounced afterward that the nest hear
ing would be on Friday, with Merritt
Baldwin, a former confidential employe
of Sinclair, as the witness.
Albert D. Lasker, former chairman of
the Shipping Board, and a contributor
• to the Republican campaign fund in
I 192*. will be heard Saturday.
j Another angle of the case broke in
| the Supreme Court cf the District o.
’ Columbia, where Justice Frederick L
! Siddons. upholding the Walsh act. over
! ruled a motion by attorneys for H
i M. Blackmer to dismiss the contemp
! charges against him.
Blackmer. a missing witness in th?
Teapot Dome case, had combated the
law. passed at the instance of Senator
Walsh of Montana, providing conhsc-i
--tion of *IOO.OOO from the estates of per
! sons who refused to return to this coun
-1 try to testify. He has been cited for
i contempt and SIOO,OOO in Liberty bonds
1 have been laktn from his holdings t
I the Government.
j Justice Siddons ruled that ever citi
• zen of the United States owed to the
Government an allegiance, even though
| living in a foreign land. This allegi
ance. he said, ■included the duty of
j obedience to the laws of sovereignty to
j which the allegiance is due.
••Indeed, without such obedience, al
legtance would be an empty name,” the
court said.
Has Power Over Citizens.
Justice Siddons held that Congrt. -
was empowered to pass legislation at
| feeling its citizens abroad. He agree.-;
| that the power of Congress, however, n
I passing legislation extending jurisdie
| tion outside of the territorial limits ct
I the United States, could have no au
! tnoritv except insofar as it concerned .
| citizen.
The next move in the case will be for
the court to set a date for hearing th.
j contempt charge against Blackmer.
• Blackmer was wanted to tell of th,-
I organ mu ion and operations of the Goa
j unentai Trading Co. of Canada, which
made *3.9*0.900 ui profits m a deaf
with the late A E. Humphreys of Den
| ver. Tiie contract was guaranteed bv
l Blackmer. J £ O'Neil, also a missing
oil witness: Harry F. Sinclair and Rcb
| ert W. Stewart, chairman of the board
: of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana.
Part of the bonds reached Fall, then
Secretary of the Interior, after he hah
Irased the Teapot Dome reserve to Sin
clair
The Teapot Dome case broke out on
the floor of the Setrate when Senator
Robinson of Indiana, replying to ihe
strictures of Gov Smith of New York
characterized as ••unstatesmanlike” the
language the governor used in a letter
to Chairman Nye of the oil committee,
made public in Albany last night, aiter
Smiths name had been drawn into the
case.
Gov Smith's letter to Chairman Nvr
was tead into the Senate record at the
request of Senator Copeland, IVtno
crat. New York, immediately after the
Senate convened
In asking that the dispatch from
Albany, quoting the letter, be read, the
New York Senator said he and his col
league were glad they had not dis*
cussed the matter on the floor at the
time of the Senate debate * because
the governor himself has shewn flow
false and unworthy the charges were
Gov Smith is an upright, untar
nished statesman.” Copeland added,
public cfltcial to be trusted at all tune*
-Anuoyed” at Outburst.
Vhe Indianan took the Hoot soon aftei
the Smith letter, denouncing Nye and
Kobutaou tor twinging his name into
she oil discussion had been placed u»
the record bv Senator Copeland.
IVclartng he had not meant to attack
Smith ui hts statement ot Monday ask
tng whosher Harry »' Sinclair had been
a contributor to Smiths caiuyvaigu ot
1929 and a member of the New Vote
Racing Cwmnuvoon, Senatvvr Robinson
said he was "amazed at the "ouibu.v.
from this presidential candidate”
• He is not as calm uv ivta choice of
language as it seems great statesmen
should bo.' the Indianan continued
"I wonder If one of Mr. Smith s
temperament, when charged with the
gieat lospoivsibtUttea ot the White
House, would choose such language tn
deahng with the people and foreign
nations* It Ksvgs Hke there would W
warfare on ah hands and trouble from
the stall.
‘Mine was a huruUes* question 1
was simply trying to t\nd out it Suwlai
was a member ot the Smith admtnssti*
Uon since he i» >o pioud of that ad
munsliatKvn l presumed if Sinclair a a
that he would gladly take him to ho
bosom and say yes ‘
A half dozen IVouvrwts nought h
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