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Pair and slightly colder, with lowest
temperature about 35 degrees tonight.
Tomorrow fair and warmer.
Temperature—Highest. 66. at 330
pm. yesterday: lowest. 44. at 6 45 am.
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SOVIET PEACE PLAN
* GIVEN DEATH SLOW
BV LEAGUE GROUP
Russian Proposal Incapable
of Being Carried Out.
Commission Finds.
BRAZIL TO CO-OPERATE
DESPITE WITHDRAWAL
* Likelihood of Remaining in Inter
national Body Held Remote.
Spain Decides to Return.
, liy Ut* A>- •aat'd P*tsj.
GENEVA. March 23.—The Soviet
pi eject for complete disarmament was
g:o?a its death blow by the preparatory
commission of the League
. of Nations this morning. Notice of the
project's demise was postponed, how
ever, until it was found whether the
committee's ovn draft on disarmament
would go to a second reading this ses
sion.
A 'resolution closing the debate on
disarmament noted that practically ail
’ toe taembe.s Uvd the Soviet text, w hile
la Harmony with the ideals of man
kmi is, under exiting world conditions,
incapable of being carried out. li sug
gested that the Soviet method might be
turned further by the various govern -
menus, out made no provision lor us
1 miner study by the commission.
Plan to Be Pressed.
The resolution was presented after
Anatoie Lunacharsky, Soue. commissar
ior public instruction, had appeared oc
» iare uie committee ui place ot Maxim
iutvtnod. neaa ot aie Russian delega
tion M mnacaarsay, in repiyi&g to i
attacks on the Soviet pi&n. saia me peo
p.e ot the wot id wunout question de- 1
mane what the Soviet is proposing— j
general and immediate disarmament, j
Discussion regarding n mignt be closed I
, at Geneva, he continued, out it wothu J
remain open before the world.
Germany, represented by count von ;
Bemstorff, former Ambassador at Wash- j
mg .on. took the leading role this after
noon on disarmament. The head oi the
German delegation spoke at the session
of the preparatory disarmament com
mittee after the Soviet proposals lor j
complete and immediate disarmament
had been discarded.
He resiled energetically further post- !
paneaatnt oi the second rpaouig 01 the
* committee’s draft convention icr c.s
aimament. This was the third time, he
mu that the delegates had been asked |
to postpone acticn
“After the Radical Russian proposals
were rejected.** he said. “I hoped there;
would be an irresistible impulse on the
part of the members of the League to j
■bow a will to do something even if j
they could not go so far as they were j
asked by the Russian delegation ' ;
Count von Bernstorff complained that f
Geras®r had lees fftewmed J* «** f
4 treaty of Versailles which provided for ;
a reduction in the armaments of .he,
other powers, but this had not even
bf MaxS U Utvinbff intervened again toj
oppose the proposal to refer to the vari- i
o»j» covermr.ents the text of the Soviet j
disannamfot plan His delegation was
opposed to this, he explaroed, becausej
Uxt-y x,ere convinced that partial dis
* armament would be ineffective' to pre
vent war. . . .
Bran, v/day informed the League of
Hsuion* that, despite its withdrawal, it
would continue to co-operate in the <
went of he League The Brazilianj
reply was in response to trie request
of ae League Council that Brazil and <
* Spam rpwnskkT their decisions to
withdraw. Spain yeserday announced
her return. , .'
Unless withdrawn, the resignation of
Brazil decants effective in June
Octavio Mangabeire. foreign minister
. ot Brazil, forwarded to the secretary
«eaera: of the League a feltgram in
reference to the League Council s re
quest for Brazilian collaboration in the
work of t i« League.
. C«-epe»lwn Assorrd
In Acknowledging a telegram inform
ing tom on the Council's letter Senor
Mangaie'ir* 1 said that while awaiting tiie
letter he hastens- to transmit the cordial
»W«,nv». of the BnuEiian government.
Its MBUnarau of high for the
institution at Geneva, he declared, have
been m no way affected by the fact that
* Brazil has withdrawn from the league
with which in spite of her absence she
continues to co-operate effectively, true
to the Idea which gave me to Its foun
d&'sH) Jo the cause of universal peace
It waa learned last mgnt In Bio de
» Janeiro that the Btaziiian foreign office
was opposed Ut that country's return ui
the League The foreign office felt that
by beuig abaerit from the league session
BraaU w«
effectively to ne league's work. It was
argued that Brazil now is not hampered
b> oblige •»<:«» which might accompany
4 League membership and which might
affect her sentiments of concord toward
sc. nation*
Brazil yetigned in June, J 92« ato-r
f iling to get a permanent seat on the
league O-un" 1. ftesigwationis be* om«-
effective two years after they are Sled
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GOLDEN RULE TRAFFIC
DRIVE OF THE STAR
i TO START TOMORROW
Lesson of Safety in Automobile
« J
Driving to Be Impressed on
Pnblie bv Motion Pieture.
I
An intensive crusade for application 1
■ of the Golden Rule in motoring will be
launched at noon 1 tomorrow on the ,
;raffle-infested highways and byways
of the National Capital.
With a view to bringing home to care
less. thoughtless automobile drivers the
stark realization that their indifference :
to the rights and welfare of others con- j
| r.titutes a potential menace to human I
life an 1 private property. The Star will j
send through the crowded streets a [
crusading automobile of gold, tn ex- j
empliflcation of the age-old text:
• Do unto others as you would have i
them do unto you."
Slowly, carefully and sanely, this j
gilded car of mercy, by setting an ex- |
ample for others to follow, will en- j
deavor to break through the callous- |
ness that seems to have enveloped the |
1 consciousness of many who drive auto- i
mobiles and stir anew in them the sim
ple precepts which must lie at the base
of any real campaign for safety
Simultaneous with the start of the
Golden Rule car on its mission of ed- j
f ucation and mercy. The Star will be- !
git! the filming of a 2.000-foot motion
picture with a cast of local children, as j
| a further illustration of the folly that !
underlies apathy to the teachings of j
the Golden Rule in the opeiation of
the automobile.
Six children will be selected tomor
row after careful screen tests for the
leading roles in this photoplay. They
will be chosen from among all those j
who come to The Star Office at 11 a m
tomorrow morning All who come, how-
BURTON ASSAILS
! CRITICS OF HOOVER
Pictures Secretary’s Record
as One of Construction, in
Cleveland Speech.
, Spc<-'*l f> nwt'h to The Star.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. March 23 —De
nouncing ihe campaign "based on mis- ,
: representation" carried on by Hoover :
opponents and picturing the life of i
! Secretary Herbert Hoover as one of j
! constructive effort. Representative
j Theodore E Burton of Ohio last night
! launched the Hoover speaking cam
| paign in Ohio
Mr. Burton, himself a candidate for j
delegate at large to the Republican i
national convention on the Hoover !
ticket, said that it was "Hoover I
against the field.” including Senator
j Willis of Ohio, and that he had no j
1 question but that a very large majority
of the voters will be for Hoover.
“Ha* Superior Record.”
j "In my deliberate judgment," said j
1 Mr. Burton, "Secretary Hoover has a
I record, has qualifications and avail
ability altogether superior to any of the
! others who are before the people of
i Ohio for thtir suffrage.”
Senator Prank B. Willis. Hoover's op
ponent in the primary, which takes j
j place April 24, was denounced by Mr
Burton for attempting to "tear down j
the good name of the Commerce Sec- |
retary and at the same time offering
nothing constructive in support of hts :
\ own candidacy.”
( -I* is probable." said Mr Burton.
! that there has never been a presiden
tial candidate for nomination or elec- j
tion against whom the world has been
more thoroughly scoured to harass mm
than Mr. Hoover.
"An atmosphere of vinification nas
; been created to injure Mr. Hoover, but :
the arrows of defamation have fallen !
harmless at ms feet. The American
people have a sense ot fairness too well
developed to accept as arguments
against him such vicious and unjust
attacks As an indication of the support
■if Mr. Hoover, it may be said that
there may be numbered among the
advocates of his nomination 10 or 12
Republican governors, 20 ex-governors
and not less than 20 Senators and 80
; to 100 Republican members of the
House of Representative*
Holds Pres* Opposes Willis.
• Again how about the candidacy of
i Senator Willi*? Who is so bold ax to
believe m the possibility of hi* nomina
tion'' Admittedly, the delegation from
• his own State will be divided, with pos
ibiy a majority against him The press
of the country, outside of Ohio, I*. with
; { almost absolute unanimity, unfavorable
to him The same is true of leading
vournaU in his own State He has not
fhiur.d to submit hi;, name for an
expression elsewhere than in Ohio, al
though there are primaries in many
- other States Why should the delegate*
be axk*»d to indulge in rainbow chasing?
While some weeks ago the declara
tor; of Senator Willis' supporter* was
K ah for him, now they ate seeking Ur
bring into the picture against Mr
Hoover every other candidate, stating
that if Willis i>, not nominated perhaps
some of the other excellent gentlemen
, (Continued on Page 2 Column 4 >
; S-4 Man s Will, Scrawled as Life Ehhed,
Gives Effects to Mother in Missouri
0 Br U,t Aw.*>*4 P«». |
BOSTON. March '-'3 "Thf J«*»* will
and U 'am< nt of Torpedoman Kogei
. !s ,a Bhort of Boon villa. Mo one of
t»e .-./. o.i o woo met a slow Hi
the torpedo room of the sunken xub
marine M-4 appeared today to o« th<
only such doeu/neiH iefi by the 4b
officers and men aboard the craft
in i,«se of my d» ath please vend
entire contents of this box to toy
i, coo! liet Mrs M C Hbort Hb4 East.
Bpimg street. fpsoovilb Mo. By Itoget I
I. Hhocs 1/ H N " read a note that !
1 apparently had been hastily scribbled
>- co pencil on a piece of white paper
ft war found hy the naval boa id of
j him irligatloh bear' hlng tlw submarine
o* do< k at tin Criarkstowsi Navy!
Yard »4k/e and was in » »aioboar j box j
. .a one of !nt torpedo room locker*
la 'he la;* soaked with salt water. !
; ere found bank books sash limn; net
.1,. to« k <*o i iipjiy < lecorde of end *
Wht lamina JMaf.
y J WITH SUNDAY MORNING TUITION \^/
('liildt'cn l'r"oil to Try
For Paris in Movie
In Safely Campaign
Six Washington children will
he selected for parts in The Star's
safety film. "The Penalty.”
Parents are urged to enter J
their children for this unusual
opportunity, and should bring
them to The Star Building at 1!
a.m. Saturday. Screen tests will
be made of all children rntered
and those best adapted to ap
pear before the camera will be
chosen for the lead parts.
All the children who come, j
however, will be in the picture.
Group views will be included in
(he finished production.
The children should be over 5
years of ase. but preferably un
der 10. All will be given careful
screen tests.
The picture will be shown at
' the Fox Theater, starting Satur
day. Marrh'3l.
! ' ’
! i
ever, will appear on th? screen It is ;
expected that approximately 1.000 j
school boys and glrLs, over 5 years of j
age, but preferably under 10, will come
for the screen tests
The Star is convinced that universal j
application of the Golden Rule is all
i (Continued on Page 2. Column 2.)
WELCH BILL 01.
IS EXPECTED SOON
House Committee Goes Into
Executive Session on Pay-
Increase Plan.
The House civil service committee,
went into executive session today to
i consider the Welch bill to increase pay j
! of Federal employes, with all indlca- *
i tions pointing to an early favorable re-'
port on the measure.
If no opposition from administration j
quarters on grounds of economy cte
velops. supporters of the bill look lor *
its passage in the House by a com- j
i sortable majority.
I Apparently anticipating the nature of,
j the opposition likely to be raised when
' the bill reaches -the floor, members of
j the committee have fortified themselves
with "answers to probable question*."
Vital Defect* Cited.
j During the executive session mem
bers of the civil service committee dis
cussed what they termed "very vital
defects” in the bill. It was plainly
indicated that the intention of the
committee is to report a measure that
will give relief to the low-paid Gov
ernment workers, and one that will be
j carefully drafted to provide for those
| in the field service as well as those in j
j the District of Co!tir.;bia, without any
possibility of their being left out
( through failure of administrative oftl
-5 cers to make the intent of Congress
I applicable to each individual employe.
In order to get definite and authori
| tativc data the committee has Invited
to appear before it on Friday morning
Ethelbert Stewart, commissioner of
labor statistics; Herbert D. Brown, chief
of the Unltdd States Bureau of Effi
j ciency. and representatives of <he
personnel classification board and the
Civil Service Commission.
Cost Estimated at $35,000,000.
Advised that one of the first questions j
apt to be propounded is "How much it j
! will cost?” Luther Steward, president i
of the National Federation of fed-ral
Employes, yesterday supplied Chairman 1
Lehibach ol the civil service committee j
with an estimate of $35,000,000 as the i
"probable annual cost to the Govern- :
ment” of the proposed Increases.
The bill. Steward said, will affect!
about 120,000 Federal employes In all j
j branches of the civilian service, here j
and elsewhere. Representative Fletcher j
of Ohio, a member of the committee, ;
who has manifested sympathy for the j
pl<as of the employes for better wages.
| has demonstrated a deep interest in
| claim* of supporters of the bill that de
i spit/* the cost to the Government at the
outset, the Increases will prove actually
;tobe an economy He questioned cm
i ployes closely on their contention that
the high'-r pay will result in heightened
efficiency and better morale.
Public hearings on the bill ended yes
! terday afternoon with the taking of
, 1 statements from nearly a dozen em
ployes and one member of Congress,
. | Representative Dicksteln of New York.
Employes Take Stand.
,! Among those urging passage of the
> I bill were Fred W Rose of St 1/tills,
t! international second vice president of
i the Lithographer* of America; Miss
(Continued on Pagi> 7, Column l I
merit* and decoration* and a number of
letter* Hbort was serving in* fourth
enhstmc-nt
The note (acre no date but the in -
vestigatoifc were convinced that it had
been written after tins submarine hud
b en sent to the bottom by the Coast
(iuard destroyer Paulding and before
Hindi lost const ioiixucxa from the deadly
fume* of ibe mi non-dioxide gas winch
finally extinguished the live* of all
aboard
Hbort'x win, although unique among
j the recovered effects of hi* companions,
was not the first message to tie dis
covered The re wan one other, a scrawled
nob in re d i rayon on rurdbourd
found in Die clothing of Henman Oeorg*
f’elnar. auut her of rhote in th* uitpedo
j room which dlret ted the disposal of
! hl« body.
i |,lke that of Short, Pelnar s n»m
miiiiaiion was intended lot his
mother who fives st Oman*. N«bt,
WASHINGTON, D. C\, FRIDAY, MARCH 2:!, 1928-FIFTY PAGES. *
SCHWAB SAYS COAL
ILLS MUST CORRECT
SELVES NATURALLY
Tells Senate Committee Conf
binations Will Not Affect
Permanent Cure.
SAYS HE NEVER MADE
CENT IN STEEL COMPANY
Rockefeller and R. B. Mellon Are
Present, Ready to Take Stand
in Investigation.
Oy tin: Aswic latctl Pit'S*.
The Senate committee investigating
the bituminous coal situation heard
from one of the' three leaders in the
American financial wnrld it called today j
a declaration that the trouble in the :
| fields between labor and capital must 1
j correct itself by natural means.”
The testimony came from Charles
, M. Schwab, the steel magnate, who pre
j ceded to the stand )n the crowded com
mittee room John D. Rockefeller, jr..
and R B Mellon, brother of the Secre- j
j tary of the Treasury.
"I mean,” said Schwab, “that many i
: miners must find employment in other
j industries. Combinations will help,
j but they will not be premanent as a j
cure."
Retorts Bring laughter.
Some of the sharp retorts of the steel
man frequently sent the crowds in the
| committee room into gales of laughter.
[ but at another point Schwab's voice
broke as he confessed that he had
"never made a cent of money out of
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation," of'
whose board of directors he is chairman |
"You might be surprised," he said, !
"but in the 40 years I have been in the j
steel business. I have not made a penny
out of the Bethlehem steel. It has been j
a work of love and all I have tried.to j
do is to drive a peg to mark progress j
:n human relations."
Schwab was persistently questioned
about conditions at Ellsworth. Pa., but
hp said he knew nothing of them. He
told the committee he was willing to j
help all he could in solving the bitumi- I
I nous problem.
At the afternoon session the commit
tee called Rockefeller and Mellon. They
were present at the morning session
and posed with Schwab for pictures.
At one point Schwab said he wanted
to tel) the committee that nobody had '
done so much for industry as Rocke- j
feller and his father.
4
Schwab First on Stand.
Before Schwab took the stand he
shook hands with John L Lewis, presi- •
dent of the United Mine Workers, who j
has testified before the committee that
deplorable conditions exist among idle
miners in the coal fields. A
He termed, this a modification of 1
"collective bargaining" and pointed out |
that agreements his organisation had ;
maintained with its employes all pro- j
vided for arbitration in case of differ- I
: cnees of opinion on wages or working
conditions.
"It is provided that if arbitration |
does not work out," he added, "the ease j
shall be referred to the Secretary of I
Labor."
Workers Own Stock.
"The most important stockholder of
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation is its
workmen," said Schwab in emphatically
supporting the principle of direct bar
gaining between employer and employe. I
Schwab's voice broke as he completed
: fits statement with a declaration that
I he had never made a cent of money out
! of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Questioned by Senator Qooding, Re
publican. Idaho, the steel executive said
that too many men are employed in
the mining industry, and that no pallia
tive remedy can be applied to help that
situation. He declared that consolida
tion of selling units might be a good
thing to meet the economic difficulties
of the industry.
Doubts Pari Abrogation.
Turning to the Jacksonville mine
wage agreement. Senator Wheeler, j
Democrat. Montana. Interrogated the
steel-magnate on the abrogation of that
pact by the Bethlehem Mines Corpora
! lion, which Schwab admitted was con
j nected with his organisation.
"I don't know anything about it,”
i Schwab said, "but I never would admit
j that cufir company abrogated any agree
ment.”
Schwab said that the mines would be
|shut down in preference to violation of
jan agreement if that, were the only
■ course open to prevent loss of money.
He ad d, however, that he could
| imagine a situation whereby the mines
i might soon be opened again to give
I employment to men who could not
j otherwise find work.
Schrptb said he could not answer as
to details of recent affairs of his com
pany. as he was now too old to be
"competent or feel called upon to be
actively engaged in business.”
Promises to Assist.
"I could give you no intelligent
answer about details concerning ths
Jacksonville agreement," he declared
"My course has been to follow the
highest moral and business integrity
that is possible, and I cannot believe
that our people violated this agree
met, I."
Wheeler asked Schwab If he would he
willing to attend a meeting to try to
reach a solution of the bituminous prob*
| lem.
"You can muni on me to help in any
| way 1 can," returned the sterl mag
nate, Gooding asked Schwab whether
|he was familiar with condition# at the
| Ellsworth, Pa,, mine of the Hethle
j hem Mines Corporation, but the steel
magnate said he had never visited Ells
f worth He said lie was familiar with
' nth r mines and that he vouched for
! their healthy atmosphere
Denies Big Steel Return.
"The United States Steel Co did not
earn ft per tent on their investment
last year," Schwab declared, denying a
i statement hy Wheeler that the public
needed u» be protected Irom such huge
industries
Schwab Informed the Montanan that
he was in "hearty sympathy" with the
view that, consolidation should be al
to wed in the «ml industry, at the same
| time maintaining that consolidation
without (loveiiunent supervision In
I the steel industry would benefit atabtl*
> hut Mon.
"When 1 runic down heir," *uld
I Schwab, I was afraid of you,"
As the crowded committee rooiP broke
Into laughter, the steel magnate went
, on "I wu# told that you were going to
give me the devil, But now, looking
j into your faces, 1 am tint afraid at all"
Senator Wheeler, to whom he spoke
, I nulled broadly and remarked, r *Vou
tContinued on Page J, Column S> >
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SENATOR FERRIS OF MICHIGAN
DIES OF PNEUMONIA ATTACK
i
Veteran Democrat, 75. Had
Refused to Seek Re-Elec
tion This Year.
I
Health in Recent Months
Hindered Activities —Was
Walsh Backer.
Senator Woodbridgc N. Ferris of
Michigan, 75-year-old veteran of many
legislative and political battles, died
early today in his apartment at the
Washington Hotel.
Death came at 6:15 o'clock this
morning, after a week-long struggle
' against pneumonia, which developed
; from a heavy cold
It had been planned last week to re
! move the venerable legislator to a
Battle Creek institution, but his con
dition became so desperate that this
! could not be don'e. Physicians had held
out but little hope for him. after he
developed pneumonia.
Announcement of the Senator's pass
ing away was made by Dr. O. W Car
ver. He said his patient began to sink
rapidly yesterday. Stimulant* were re
sorted to. but they proved unavailing.
Those at the bedside when the end
| came were Mrs. Ferris, two sons. Carle
j ton and Phelps Ferris: Mrs. Ferris'
I brother. John McCloud, and Oarrit Mas- t
| seiink. vice president of the Ferris In-
TAX CHANGE BILL
GIVEN APPROVAL
District Heads 0. K. Plan to
Shift Time for Filing
Personal Returns.
Radical changes in the law governing
personal taxes and increased powers
1 for the tax assessor are provided in the j
draft of a bill approved today by the j
District Commissioners. The measure ■
will be sent to Congress with a request !
for its introduction and enactment.
The bill would change the month for
ruing personal property returns from
March as at present to July and the
assessment would be levied on the value j
of the property as of July 1. Personal
taxes on motor vehicles, however, would ;
run with the calendar year and under
the terms of the bill they would have ;
to be paid at tile time the registration j
tag Is Issued The tat* fee, however, j
would be prorated from and including ;
the month in which the vehicle is !
acquired.
Would End Confusion.
While the tax-paying months of j
March and September would not be
changed, the month for tiling returns ,
was advanced from March to July be
cause of confusion that has resulted !
under the present system when returns i
are made three months in advance of
the beginning of the tax year.
In addition to the powers now ;xw
nessed by the assessor, the bill is drawn
to give him authority to inspect tangible
property, wherever situated, except in
dwellings and private homes, and to ex
amine books, papers, records or mem
oranda or anv taxpayer reluting to anv
matter required to be included in a re* I
turn of tangible or intangible property
Could Issue Summons,
He also would have the power to Issue
a summons for such purposes, and the
bill provides that n disobedience of this
summons may be referred to the Dis
trict Supreme Court and be punishable
as a disobedience of a summons front
that court.
Where real estate is levied upon for
I lie non-payment of iteraonal taxes of
uny kind, and the treat price offered
at an auction sale is not sutficient to
pay taxes. Interest and penalties, the
lull provides that It may be sold under
decree of tile Equity Court
The bill was hunted by Corporation
Counsel William F Bride and is bused J
(•on recommendations of the Federal
Bureau of Efficiency submitted to the I
i Commissioners on February 4
• I
Eleven Mining: in Lifeboat. j
tty Him AlUielMlill l*it»»,
1 CHUR ALT AH, March Ti A boa< i
with 11 men from the Swedish steamer
Citos Was missing today following th»
wrecking of the vessel off Tarda, Spain,
1 in a guTe last night. The Ottos sailed
| from New Orleans February 38 for Alex
andria. Egypt
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SENATOR FERRIS.
slitute and collegemate of the Senator.
Since last Saturday little hope had
been held for the recovery of the Sena
tor. who was known as the "good fray
governor" of Michigan and the man
who broke through that State's normal
Republican majority of 500.000 votes
to be elected to the Senate in 1922 as a
(Continued on Page 5. Column 2 >
DIPLOMA TRAFFIC
STIRS LAWMAKERS
House Members Are Aston
ished by Revelations of
Miss McCall.
Amazement at the operation of diplo- i
ma mills in the National Capital, incor
j porating educational institutions which
i give degrees of any imaginable sort
and which ha* become a national scan
dal, was expressed today by members
lof the judiciary subcommittee of the i
; House District committee when disclosed
by Miss Pearl McCall, assistant United
States attorney.
Exhibits showing Nation-wide adver
tising by Uie United States Incorporat- ’
ing Co., 1914 Seventh street, which is j
not itself incorporated, with scores j
of various medical practice institutions,;
all with practically the same board of !
officers, under indictment and now out j
under bond, were presented to the sub- ;
committee by Miss McCall.
At least 200 such incorporations have
been issued for this group. Miss McCall |
said, and m the past five years at least j
500 such incorporations have been regia* j
lered tn the office of the recorder of
deeds at an approximate cost of $1.45
i each
: There Is not a Federal bureau or de
! part ment that has not received com*
I plaints from all parts of the country
j regarding the condition which exists
j Here, Foreign nations also have pro
| tested because many of the diplomas
! issued have gone to foreigners who j
1 practice under them in other coun
i tries
; it was brought yut bv Miss McCall
i i Continued on Page 2. Column 6)
Sim’l air Trial Jury Will Be Selected
From D. C. Panel of 500 Called by Court
— — —~~~
By I tin MU »t !*<<•»»
Five hundred eitwens of the DiHlvict
of Columbia from whom will tv selected |
the mrv that will deride the cose of
Harrv F Sinclair, wealthy oil operator,
me being summoned to report to the j
Piatrict of Columbia Supreme Court
I April 3 The trial starts before Justice
1 .leimimt* ttndev April i
While the general belief among law
vets has been that dittlvullv would tv
found m selecting a jury to hear the !
| Sinclair trial, prosecuting ofltcera think
* it can be obtained In two or three days j
1 The trial will lie held In the same
i court in which Sinclair faced the;
I charges la»t October and where he re- j
cently was convicted of contempt of
court. The contempt case was heard
before Justice Frederick l» Hidden*
Hepresentatlve Brand of Ueorgta to
day introduced a bill to regulate the \
separation of juries m felonv cases hi i
the District of Columbia illustrating s
that in the erse of the Government is
Dohtn,y and rail charged with con
“From Preaa to Home
Within the Hour”
The Star’s carrier system cover*
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,630
(/P) Means Associated Press.
NYE HOLDS SPtIITH
AIDS“SCOUNDRELS"
Senator Assails “Effort to
Undermine Confidence”
in Teapot Probe.
! By th* A««o<’iatetl Prem.
Answering the letter of Gov. Smith
of New York, which condemned him
I for his remarks about the governor in
I recent debate in the Senate. Chairman
Nye of the oil committee today counter
ed that Smith was giving aid and com
fort to “every scoundrel whose infamy
has been exposed.”
This aid. Nye "aid. was through
Smith’s “seeking to undermine public
confidence in the fairness and impar
tiality of the committee in the midst of
this investigation.”
Senator Nye. a Republican from North
Dakota, disclaimed any a tuck on the
governor in the debate and wrote that
he had "expressly stated that you were
not in any way involved in the oil
scandals now under investigation by
ihe committee of which I am chair
man.”
"You need not concern yourself in
the least as to the public humiliation'
which you state your letter will bring
down upon me." Nye continued. “I do
not propose to be deterred in the per
formance of any political duty by abuse
or criticism of my work from you or
from any one else.”
Blocked Naming of Walsh.
Asserting that the resolution which
brought about the oil investigation had
been sponsored by Senate Republican
independents, the late Senator La Fol
iette of Wisconsin, and Senator Norris
of Nebraska. Nye recalled that in the
1924 campaign Gov Smith supported
i “John W. Davis of the House of Mor
; gan., after your supporters had eflectual
j ly blocked the nomination in the con*
>vention of Senator Walsh of Montana
as a compromise candidate, according
to my understanding of the analysis of
! the vote in the convent too made by Mr.
Callahan of St Louis, who was a dele
gate to the convention.
“Under these circumstances.” he said.
| it ill becomes you to accuse me of par
tisan motives or conduct in the perfor
j mance of my duties as an official, in a
I letter which, by the way: represents the
t first public condemnation, by yourself,
of the oil scandals which has come to
jmy notice.
i “Might it be that your reticence to
! speak out against these scaudals sooner
| is attributable to the fact that Harry F
j Sinclair was a member of your official
i family and had, as newspapers now re
port. contributed in 1918 when you
were a successful candidate for govern
or to a Democratic committee in New
York? This thought is merely sug
* gested by your letter.”
(Aided Every Scoundrel.
“I only regret that you have seen fit
to give aid and comfort to every
scoundrel whose infamy has been ex
! posed, by seeking to undermine public
i confidence in the fairness and impair
-1 ttality of the committee, in the midst
of its investigation This is the status
| you now occupy, in my humble judg
: merit, as the result of your unwarrant
ed letter with whatever ‘public hunul
i Union' it brings to yourself.'*
In the first part of hts letter Sen
ator Nvc took up in detail the debate
leading up to ihe quest toning of him
by Senator Robinson, Republican, of
Indiana He said that the Indiana
Senator belonged to a faction of the
Republican party “with which 1 have
i nexer been charged, until now and by
you. with iiidemttying myself,"
1 * In reply to the suggestion of Senatxvi
Robinson that Gov Smilh be called
before ihe oil committee to tell of hts
relations with Sinclair as a member of
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i sptracy to defraud the VnitMl
'Government, which uavk place several
| weeks Ago. the jury was allow eel to
; separate The defendant* were found
pot |£UtltV
He pointed out that tn the case of
the Government vs Kail and Sinclair
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
United States Government the jury was
allowed to separate On account of
charges that tW Jury was being tam
pered with a mlsttial was declared
"The in act tee lias prevailed in the
} courts of the t'tstrlct of Columbia," j
Representative Hi and said ‘ probably j
always in ihe trial of felony eases less
| than capital, and for several years tn !
capital ease*, to allow Juries to separate
during the trial of such cases The oh
tect of this bill is to nut an end to
; such practice and to seep the turv
| together when trying a capital case
l except a jury trying such rases under j
| the terms of the bill may by permitted
to aeparate temporarily Ul cases of 1
absolute necessity,"
TWO CENTS.
HAYS AND SINCLAIR
! OFTEN CONFERRED.
COMMITTEE TOLD
Former G. 0. P. Head Fre
quently Visited Oil Magnate,
Baldwin Says.
DECLARES FALL JOINED
IN RUSSIAN OIL MISSION
/
Former Employe Claims Archie
Roosevelt’s Charges Were Con
ceived After "Few Highballs.’’
I **
■
j Ky the AsMf litcd Pir «.
j Beating the bushes again today in
. search of the fugitive Continental
Trading Co.'s Liberty bonds, the Sen-
I ate oh committee heard further evi-
I dcnce of the relations between Will H.
I Hays, former Republican national
j chairman, and Harry F. Sinclair.
■ Incidentally, it was told that Archie
Roosevelt ' had had a few highballs"
; when he became convinced that Sin
clair was sending money to the ranch
of Albert B. Fall.
i Merritt Baldwin of Meriden. Conn.,
former confidential employe of Sin
clair. said Hays was a frequent visitor
to the oil man's office at one period.
He believed Hays merely came in to
I I v Hello. He also told of securities
j kept by Sinclair in a vault of the Em-
I pire Trust Co., New York, but knew
| nothing of the Continental bonds.
“Archie Had Few Highballs.”
, j £? un * J Roosevelt, the witness
*?*** be assumed Roosevelt referred to a
check he saw for $68,000. which was
sent to Sam Hildreth, trainer of Sin
clair s Rancocas racing stables. "Archie
he said, adding
that, the check was shown to Roosevelt*
who was a Sinclair employe The wjt
| [.ess mentioned a * Mr. McCormick” as
having written to Sinclair about polit
i teal contributions, but was unable to
identify him. He said McCormick was
i connected with some political par tv.
The $25,000 Liberty oond ‘loan”
which Sinclair made to Fall in June
j 1923. prior to Fall s trip to Russia with
i Sinclair, was inquired into today bv the
committee as the hearing got under
I way.
Baldwin, the sole witness, told the
committee at the outset that, while he
could give no information about the
Continental bonds which Sinclair re
ceived, he knew Sinclair wanted Fa>
as an "outside attorney.” and partied
i larly to make the trip to Russia, where
, Sinclair was seeking oil concessions
- from the Soviet government.
Money Wired to FalL
| j "I think Col. J. w. Zeveiy waa asked
to procure the services of Senator Fall.
as Mr. Sinclair felt he was the best
| man for the job.” Baldwin said. ”1
i 5 think Senator Fail wired Col. Zeveiy
'; that he could not go. as he was plan
: ning a deal in Ndw Mexico and could
> j not go until that was consummated. He
also said he needed a lot of money, and
Sinclair loaned him the money. Sena
' j tor Fall could not go with us. but came
over later.”
The witness said he left In May with
j Sinclair, and the bond payment was
1 s made later.
1 "Did Senator Fall go to Russia?” ask
ed Senator Walsh.
' “Yes. sir; to Moscow,” Baldwin re
; plied
“That's strange: my recollection is
: that the testimony shows Senator Fall
! lid not get further than Loudon." Walsh
j observed.
I “Well, he went to Russia, all right.”
Baldwin said.
Did you know where Mr. Sinclair's
j securities were kept?”
"In a safe deposit box in the Empire
Trust Co ”
"Who had access to that box?”
“Harold Kenwell. the cashier.”
The witness thought the records on
this account were kept apart from the
records of the Hyva Corporation, a Sin
clair personal corporation. He heard
of the Continental Trading Co. during
1923 and 1923, but knew nothing of the
$260,000 in bonds turned over to Will
f H Hays Republican national chairman,
by Sinclair
Referred t* Racing ('becks.
Baldwin said that while he took Sin
clairs dictation durmg the time he was
jwith the oil operator he had no recol
lection of any correspondence relating
n> the Continental Trading Co. or Sin
k-lair's political donations,
j Questioned about the sensational tes
timony given by Archie Roosevelt in
1924 about a payment by Sinclair of
$78,000. Baldwin said he assumed this
referred to a check for $68,900 sent to
Sam Hildreth, trainer of Sinclair's Ban
. i ocas Stables
• Archie had had a few high balls,"
Baldwin said, adding that the Hildreth
check was on the desk of J. D. Wahl
berg, Sinclair's secretary, and it was
shown to Roosevelt,
i “I went Into the office." Baldw in said.
' and saw the check. I told Wahlberg
that the chief had stgned the check and
1 was going to shoot it along. I put
j it m the chute myself.”
i The witness said Roosevelt had stated
; that there was a payment to the super
! mu ndent of Fall s ranch, but the cheek
| went to the trainer of Sinclair's race
I horse*.
"What wks Sinclairs attitude toward
all this*" Walsh asked «
"He just laughed it oft.” Baldwin
replied
"Do vou know of am loans Sinclair
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BOMB WRECKS ROADHOUSE
ON CHICAGO’S WEST SIDE
, Police, Notified Btf vw Blast. Un
able to React Scene in Time.
Neighbor Hurt,
! U>* iHd t'ltal.
CHICAGO, March 23 The Stucco
| Inn. a one-story concrete roadhouse, on
! the West Bute, was wrecked by a bomb
eaily today. causuvg damages estimated
at $19,000
j Jotvn Kainke. who live* next door n>
the inn. was thrown from hts bed and
j cut by (tying glass when window* in
his home wete shattered Joint Gable,
mght watchman was in his quarters in
the rear id the building but was untu
tored
Police -mummied Edward W c\%,
i owner of the wn for questioning
An anonymous telephone call to the
j police informed them that the caller
had seen a man leave a package m
* front of the urn The bomb e.\*qoded
before tin eat iga tore reached the *nm>,