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WEATHER.
«U, S. Wither Bureau Forecast.)
Cloudy, probably occasional showers
today and tomorrow; continued warm,
followed by colder tomorrow afternoon
or night.
Temperature—Highest. 78, at 2 p.m.;
lowest, 39. at 8 a.m.
Pull report on page 7.
No. 1.201- No. 30.644.
BRITISH AGAIN ASK
LIMIT ON TONNAGEI
OF CAPITAL SHIPS
New Disarmament Note
Marks Closing Hours of
Preparatory Session. j
RUSSIANS AND GERMANS
HIT INDEFINITE HALT-
Litvinoff Accuses Committee of Not
Fulfilling Mission Con
fided to It.
|s.v th» Ssscw Pres*.
GENEVA Switzerland. March 24
A new British effort toward the further
limitation of the tonnage of capital
ships and their armament marked the
cloaang hours of the preparatory dis
armament committee today.
Lord Cushendun announced that a
note had been addressed to the Amer
ican. French and Japanese delegations
at the conference explaining concrete
British proposals which Great Britain
would like to see in effect before the j
beginning of the capital ship replace- ;
ment program provided for by the ;
Washington contention.
Would Reduce Site.
The British proposals, which are the J
mice with regard to capital ships as ;
were presented by Great Britain at the j
tripartite naval conference last year,
were as follows;
•i) Reduce in sire any battleship to j
be built in the future from 35.000 tons j
to something under 30.000 tons. ;
1 21 Reduce in size the guns of bat- ,
tieships from the present limit of 10,
inches to 13 5 inches
<3* Extend the accepted life of ex- j
isting capital ships from 20 to 26 years
The note in which the British pro
posals were announced said that they •
would mark a great step toward dis- j
armament and would involve great
economy.
Committee Votes to Adjourn.
Resisting a final combined effort of
the Russian and German delegates to s
keep the committee in session through j
next week, the delegates on the pre- ;
pa ratary committee voted to adjourn
today subject to the call of the chair- j
man' Jonkheer Loudon of Holland.
The net result of 10 days’ work j
was adoption of the security commit- j
tee’s report with its draft pact of non- j (
aggression and mutual assistance which j
the committee referred to the govern
meet.
The committee also referred to the t
government without consideration in r
committee, the two Russian disarma- t
ment projects and a German proposal ,
for full publication of the entire li St ot
armaments in the league annual each J
year as well as the German proposal '
that the council be asked to fix an early ; 1
date for a disarmament conference. <
The first of the Russian proposals was !,
the "total disarmament” project first; <
suggested by Russia several months ago. ,
and a new partial disarmament scheme \
which was offered yesterday when the j 1
earlier proposal had met with severe j;
criticism from a majority of .the dele- ',
gates.
Litvinoff Accuses Committee.
Litvinoff. the Russian dele- j,
gate, fought to the last for the Soviet
project, and when he failed in having j
the plan considered by the committee
declared that that body was closing its <
sessions without fulfilling the mission* ,
confided to it. j
Count Von Bernstorff. the German
delegate, also failed in his demand that
the disarmament conference be called
at an early date. He reviewed efforts
to get a start toward disarmament and
that every time it came to definite
•etkm the work was postponed. The
Oesman government, ne declared, in
that disarmament be no longer
deferred systematically .
Judge Vaides MendelviUe of Chile
•sterted that the committee could not
any suggestions to the league
council concerning a disarmament con
ference until its preparatory wort was
finished. A resolution then was In- ■■
rroduced and finally adopted outlining \
the committee's attitude on the Ger- j
man and Soviet projects
Postpone* Farther W*rt.
This resolution in effect referred the
Soviet proposals to the governments >
and postponed further wort by the j
preparatory committee until the chair-;
Mn find* that the governments have ;
ggfctied their differences on the ques- j
Ston of naval disarmament
Most of the committeemen were *
frank to say that the yield of the com- j
mittee'f meetings were meager, al
though they feit that they have accom
plished all that was possible. Several ?
that the session had been useful |
to that the sharp prodding received j
from the Russians and Germans was
bound to spread the conviction that the
dieafmameM question cannot be al
lowed to Slumber longer.
Echoes of this impression have been
el reflated through the halls of League
headquarters for the last two sessions
y, the tom ot vague talk of exejiarige*
pf views between different chanceries
that are likely to hasten a compromise
on the difference* over naval disarma
ment which have been holding up the I
committee • draft convention
300 MORE MARINES
LAND IN NICARAGUA
Vbree Rebel* Killed When They;
Encounter Patrol of Amen- i
can Troop*
Js* ti,+ Ae«<c Fr«*e
MAW AG LA Nicaragua. March 24
A force of 300 Marine rein foi cement*
ha* arrived at CorSnto aboard the
cruiser Rochester. bringing Une total
tJ t Marines i*ow in Nicaragua to 2.400
A portion of the new men will be
diaUWJted along the railroad to
Managua relieving the bluejacket*
fiooi various naval vessel*,. who have
rn guarding the line Other* will
sent into northern Nicaragua to re
inforce Marine garrlaona there
Three rebels were killed near Murra
M a patrol from Maj John A Gray*
tolymn operating in Uie northern area
There were no Marine caaualtie*
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Kill* Wife »nd Two Children
LAKE VICfOK. It* Maleh 24 A>;
- Marshall Bhelbuin 'ft shot and
killrd hit wife and two children ai her
home <*>ulh of Lampasae 'le> today
And then mu t a bullet into hi* own
Ti - J Me a s<*t ww tM (O recover
Kntered ns second class matter
post office, Washington. D. C.
GOLDEN RULE TRAFFIC
DRIVE OF STAR OPENS
WITH PLEDGE SIGNING
|
(a ildiui Car Starts
Four in Plea for
Child Safety.
400 PHOTOGRAPHED
FOR SCREEN TESTS
Film Actress Distributes
First Cards to Drivers
as Campaign Begins.
The Golden Rule Safety Crusade, pro
moted by The Star for Washington mo
torists, was launched shortly before
noon yesterday when a gilded car pulled
away from the curb at Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue and starteo
on a seven-day cruise over the streets
of the city.
Just before its departure approxi
mately 400 children had been photo- i
| graphed for the feature motion picture.
"The Penalty,” which will illustrate j
! vividly the dangers to which boys and j
j girls are subjected on the streets of i
! Washington and which will have its
: first showing at the Fox Theater next j
i Saturday.
The gilded car. which during the
j next week will appear in all sections of
I Washington and the nearby suburbs.
! is intended both as a protest and a re-
EVICTION ORDERED
IN COAL DISTRICTS
285 Families Must Quit Com
pany Houses, Federal
Judge Holds.
j By tbe Associated Pres*.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. March 24.—Strik- j
' ing union miners occupying company- ;
j owned houses at mines in the eastern
Ohio district, which tfie operators wish
to operate on a non-union basis, must
move to make room for the non-union
men. Federal Judge Benson W Hough ;
ruled today.
Hearing application for eviction hied
by five coal companies operating mines
! in the district. Judge Hough granted ail
| of them, save at one mine which is not j
: operating The action involves the j
| eviction of 285 families. Considerably i
more than that number of eviction no
| tices were served by the United States
i marshal last week, but some of the j
: families moved voluntarily and others
were not included in today's tftilts.
Evictions Set for May 1.
After the ruling. Judge Hough went \
into conference with opposing counsel j
and fixed the eviction date as May 1. j
H; was informed by John Clmque. j
president of subdistrict 6, United Mine j
Workers, that construction of barracks
to house the striking miners was under
i way. and that it was hoped to have
construction completed by May 1.
The question of further extension of
the eviction order against 296 families
in the district will be considered by
Judge Hough next week. Evictions in
their case were ordered January 13. but
Judge Hough immediately postponed
the date to the first of April.
The companies and mines affected
by today's order were the Warner Col
liers Co.. Wolf Run and Crabapple
No. 1 Mines; Boomer Coal St Coke Co.,
Rose Valley Mine: Wheeling A Lake
Erie Coal Mining Co.. Wheeling St Lake
Erie No. 1 Mine; C, St C. Coal Co,
I Dorothy Mine, and the United States
‘ Coal Co.. Crow Hollow No. 2 Mine. An
! eviction order was denied the United
States Co. for its Crow Hollow No. 1
Mine, which is not operating.
Hold* Both Sides at Fault.
Conferring in chambers, Judge Hough j
! declared it his opinion that both sides j
| o! the case were at fault; the miners for '
| standing in the beginning arbitrarily I
upon an agreement baaed upon the j
| Jacksonville scale and the operators for i
I refusing to confer with the miners after
j injunction proceedings had been com
, menced and the miners had agreed to 1
I meet without reservations.
One demonstration occurred in the
i Eastern fields today, Col. Don. L Cald- 1
j well, 12 National Guardsmen and
United States deputy marshal breaking
up a threatening situation at the
Wheeling township mine at Summers
Col Caldwell reported to Adjt. Gen
j Henderson today that although the
I situation is tense he does not yet con
sider use of troops necessary.
A union picket at the Dorothy mine
of the Y St O Coal Co. was accidental
ly shot and seriously wounded today
but Sheriff Hardesty of Belmont
i County said tl»e shooting had no re
j latlon to mine trouble.
•
Davis to Report Tomorrow.
Secretary of Labor Davis informed
President Coohdge yesterday that his
i department's report on employment in
this country, requested by the Senate,
would be delivered, to Vice president
I/a was on Monday.
Hnroll me as a member of
p)e Xaening J&tar
Golden Rule Safe Drivers Club
Same - — —
II a|r*< in abide hv the (in M«» Mule of Motor dam, "Drive a»
you would liave oilier* drive/’ and al all lime* be
coneiderate ol pcdealritni and ibtldren.
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WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
i
Six Chosen for Roles
In Film Will Appear
In Tomorrow's Star
Pictures of the six children
who, won roles in The Star’s mo
tion ' picture. "The Penalty.” a
part of the Golden Rule Cam
paign for Safe Driving, will ap
pear In tomorrow's Star. Hun
dreds of children were filmed yes
terday for these coveted leading
parts and Marcia Valli. screen
star, who is acting as the "Moth
er of Safety" in the crusade and
who will coach the six children
in their roles, has selected the \
winners from the many pictures
that were made of the hundreds j
of aspirants.
Parents of the six winning
children are requested to bring
them to the front lobby of the
main floor of The Star Building
Tuesdav morning at 10:30 o'clock,
when lb* motion picture work
wifi begin.
Miss \alli, who has had much
experience in casting, has ex
plained that her final choice of
the winners was based on their j
obvious ability to screen well I
rather than in any marked ad
vantage in good looks or at
tractiveness over a great many
of their less fortunate rivals.
| minder. It is a protest against condi- I
| tions which have obtained here in the j
I past.
Police records show that 92 boys and
! RirLs under 14 years old have been killed
by automobiles on Washington streets
during the past five years. It is a re
minder for the future—a reminder that
the driver does not fulfill his whole
(Continued on Page 4, Column i.)
Grasshopper Army
In New South Wales
;
Is 20 Miles Aeross
By the Associated Pre**.
LONDON. March 24. An Eve
ning News dispatch from Sydney
says that the approach of a great
plague of grasshoppers is reported
| from Southern New South Wales.
The advance guard of the insects
was described as 20 miles wide, be
< hind which are swarms extending
( 10 miles, rapidly consuming what
j was an abundant grass crop.
Fences in the area are draped
with thousands of insects, while
motorists passing through it re
ported that their radiators were
' clogged and their windshields cov
i ered.
AL SMITH ASSAILED
! AGAIN BY ROBINSON
Indiana Senator Attacks Gov
i
ernor for Keeping Sin
clair in State Post.
i
j By the A**o< luted I‘r,M.
| Another attack by Senator Robinson.
Republican, of Indiana on Gov. Smith
of New York for his retention of Harry
P. Sinclair as a racing commissioner
of that state during the investigation
of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve
lease in 1924 brought sharp questioning
from Benator Tydlngs, Democrat, of
Maryland yesterday as to Robinson's
own political associates.
Before an almost empty chamber late
in the day Robinson and Tydlngs. two
of the Senate's junior members, finally
snarled in a bitter personal quarrel
which brought a word of advice from
Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohio for
more cautious language.
Robinson had described some state
ments of the Marylander as "campaign
lies," Tydlngs was immediately on his
I feet, but the Indiana Senator refused
!to yield Senator Fess arose slowly and
1 asked for a word. He cautioned that
j Senate rules were being violated Rob
] inson withdrew his words, "campaign
j lies," and substituted "mlsrepresenta
j tions and imputations."
.Speaker Frequently Interrupted. t
When Robinson finally concluded his
j answer to Tydlngs, who had asked him
1 to explain the circumstances surround
! ing his "mysterious appointment” by
I Gov. Jackson of Indiana, who recently
| was tried for conspiracy, Senator Cur
tis of Kansas, the Republican It ader,
was on hie. feet with tne move tor ad
journment.
The Indiana Senator was frequently
interrupted also by Senator Walsii of
Montana, a Democratic presidential
candidate and prosecutor of the navel
oil reserve leases inquiry, to correct
statements about tile Investigation m 'de
by Robinson
Opening his attdkk cm Gov. Bml* n,
whom he described as "not safe" to be
j a President because of the "intemper-
I ate" language of his recent letter to
I Chairman Nye pf the Senate oil com
mittee, Robinson said he spoke because
"the time has come when some one
should stand up for the Republican
party " He asserted that some of the
leaders of both paries were "smeared
with oil ”
Tydlngs read a prepared speech in
IContinued on Page 2, Column 7 i
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1928-110 PAGES.
iTAX EXPERTS HOLD
$225,000,000 SLASH |
DANGER TO BUDGET
Sum Too High. They Contend.
After Study of March 15
Receipts.
SIBO 000.000 IS NOW
PLANNED BY TREASURY
Flood Relief Added to Appropria
tions Already Made Given
as Cause.
4
j B.V llt<*
A $225,000,000 tax reduction cannot
, be had at this session of Congress if
! a balanced budget is to be maintained,
in the opinion of administration tax
i experts who have studied the March 15
1 tax receipts.
Appropriations already made by Con
j gress. they contend, would make such ,
i a reduction unsafe and 1928 appro
priations for flood relief, estimated at
; $40,000,000, will force a substantial
j shaving down ■of the original figure
j recommended by the Treasury.
In view of these disclosures, Treas
ury officials plan to go back before Con
gress with revised figures that prob
ably will call for a reduction of be
tween $180,000,000 and $200,000,000.
Receipts have come in virtually as esti
mated by the Treasury, these experts
say. but the congressional appropria
| tions have exceeded the estimates.
•'But there will be tax reduction at
! this session," a spakesman said. “Just
j what it will be depends on what Con
gress does. ’ These opinions were ex
j pressed despite the belief of President
| Coolidge and members of Congress that
j a $225,000,000 reduction still is possible
j if Congress cuts down on future appro
• pnations.
Mellon Silent on Amount.
Chairman Smoot of the finance com
mittee. who will lead the tax fight for
the administration, was doubtful where
the pruning would commence, but
there were indications in the Repub
lican ranks that restoration of part
of the automobile levy to the House
bill might be one way of holding down
the total reduction to be allowed.
Secretary Mellon conferred with
President Coolidge yesterday and later
said he thought tax reduction would be
possible this year, but he declined to
indicate the extent. Neither would he
say how much revenue had come in
with the first quarter tax returns, nor
how far that income would affect tax
reduction.
The present 3 per cent tax on auto
mobiles yields the Treasury about
$68,000,000. The house, against the
wishes of Secretary Mellon and the
President, voted to repeal this. A move ,
Is on fool to restore half of the present |
tax —or a rate of 1' 2 per cent —to the
bill as one means of meeting the White j
House demand.
Another suggestion receiving favor- ,
able attention In preliminary considera
tions of the bill in the majority ranks
Is one to abolish the House provision j
for a graduated tax pn smaller in
comes for corporations and to In
crease, perhaps, the corporation levy
of 1 ] *2 per cent proposed by the House
to 12 per cent. The present corporation
tax Is 13'a per cent
Simmons tor Larger Cut.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina,
ranking Democrat on the finance com
mittee. is withholding comment on his
plans for tax relief until final returns
of the March 15 payments are avail
able. but he still Is determined that a
much larger cut than that proposed by
the administration shall be authorized.
He feels the House bill goes none too
lar In Its provisions for a total slash
of $290,000,000 and believes Congress
will be warranted even In going beyond
this If necessary. But whether he will
seek such a program is still under study.
The minority leader on revenue legis
lation so far Is without the support of
Republican independents, who would be
necessary to him In a successful con
test against the Republican majority
The independents are against any tax
ieduction Just now,
Senator Simmons Is inclined to sup
port the House move for repeal of the
levy and is likewise determined to op
pose any moves to restore any part of
the corporation cuts voted by the House.
I The finance committee will reas-
J semble April 3 to take up the tax bill.
TODAY’S STAR
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PART ONE—2B PAGES.
General News—Loc#l, National and
Foreign.
Poltlcal Survey of the United States—
Pages 12, 13 and 14.
Schools and Colleges—Pages 21 and 22.
PART TWO—I 4 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4
Review of New Books—Page 4
Radio News—Page 6.
Serial Story, "The Devil’s Mantle" —
Page 7.
Financial News Pages 9, 10, 11 and 12.
PART THREE—IS PAGES.
Society,
News of the Clubs Pages 7 and 8
D. A ft Activities--Page 8
At Community Centers” Page 9,
Cross-word Puzzle Page 9,
Parent-Teacher Activities Page 10.
W C. J U Activities Page 11
Around the City Page 12
Y W C. A Activities—Page 12
Clubwomen of the Nation Page 13
PART FOUR—I 4 PAGES.
Theater, Screen and Music
News of the Motor World—Pages ft, 7
and 8,
Army and Navy News Page 0
Civilian Army News Page 9
Veterans of the Great War Page 10.
Marine Corps Notea Page 10.
Fraternal News Pages 12 and 13.
District Naval Reserve- Page 13
District National Guard Page 14
PART FIVE—4 PAGES.
Pink Sports Section.
PART HlX—ls PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
Spanish War Veterans Page 10.
PART SEVEN—B PAGER.
Magazine Section - Fiction and Humor.
GRAPHIC SECTION—I $ PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES.
Muti and Jeff; Retflar Fellers; Mr, and
Mm High Ltfh|» as History.
OFF FOR THE BIG CATCH.
LINDY S 850 AIR PASSENGERS
IN FIVE DAYS BELIEVED RECORD |
Dusk Overtakes Flyer Witk Last of 300
Air Guests Yesterday—lnvites Diplo
mats to Ride Tomorrow.
i
When Col. Charles A. Lindbergh!
j ended his "congressional flying school" j
late yesterday at Bolling Field, some
850 passengers had been taken aloft on
the 88 trips he has made since Tuesday,
all with complete safety. About one
third of the 531 Senators and Repre
sentatives were taken up Col. Lind
bergh made 29 flights yesterday
carried more than 300 passengers.
So pleased was Col. Lindbergh with
the success of his idea that he decided
last night to fly again tomorrow, and
issued a blanket invitation to diplo
matic Washington to be his aerial
guests. Starting at 10 30 o'clock, he
will fly all day. but his passenger lists
will be broadened to Senators and
Representatives, None of the members
of their families will be permitted to
SAYS FALL RANCH ”
|DEAL NOT ON HOOKS
Sinclair Employe Declares
Oil King Did Not Record
I
Transaction.
By the Associated Pres*.
More evidence regarded as of high
value to the Government in the prose
cution of the oil conspiracy chaige
against Harry F. Sinclair early next
month was adduced yesterday before
the Senate Teapot Dome committee.
It was furnished by Harold Kenwell.
cashier in Sinclair's New York office,
who disclosed that there were no rec
ords on the wealthy oil operator’s
books showing either the $233,000 pay
ment to M T. Everhart, son-in-law of
Albert B Fall, or or stock holdings in
the Tres Ritos ranch of the former
Interior Secretary.
Fall's contention has been that the
payment was one in an ordinary busi
ness transaction and could not be con
sidered In the nature of a bribe. The
transaction took place after the one
time cabinet officer had executed the
lease of the Teapot Dome naval oil
reserve In Wyoming to Sinclair's
Mammoth OH Co.
Lasker Tells of Cilft.
Before calling Kenwell to the stand
| the committee spent nearly an hour
; questioning Albert D. Lasker of Chi
cago. former chairman of the Shipping
Board, about his contributions to the
Republican party It learned from him
that he gave $25,000 to the late Fred
W Upham, treasurer of the Republican
national committee. In October. 1920.
during the Harding campaign, no rec
ord of which appears on the lists which
Upham turned over to his successor.
William V. Hodges of Denver. Those
lists credited Lasker with a $5,000 con
tribution in 1923 when the feverish
campaign was on to wipe out the party
debt before the next campaign, but
Lasker declared he had mane no such
contribution.
Pressed by Senator Bratton. Demo
crat. New Mexico, Kenwell conceded
that if the Pail-Sinclair bond transac
tions UH»k place and were in the or
dinary course of business, some record
should have been made of them before
tills time, as they had occurred five
years ago He could not recall any
large transactions which had been kept
off the records for such a length of
time.
Private Hook* Withheld
Kenwell, who said Sinclair had re- j
fused permission for Iriiu to bung his
private personal records here, also said .
there was no account In the book* cov- ;
erlng the $390,000 advance of Liberty
bonds which Sinclair made lo Will II
Hays, former chairman of the Re
publican national committee and slßo,*
000 of which wa» used to help extin
guish the Republican party deficit In
1923 In advance of the Coolldge-Davls
presidential campaign
The Sinclair employe professed to
have no knowledge about any Con
tinental Trading Co Liberty bonds
which Sinclair used In the deals with
Fall and Hays. He said that so far as
he knew there had been no record
made of any bonds received from either
the Continental or its president, H 8
Osier
While stating that Sinclair never had I
any vast amount of Liberty bonds in'
his safety deposit bos in the Rmptff
(Continued on Fe#e I, Column • )
fly with him. the statement said. He
will also carry Ambassadors and
Ministers or charges d’affaires of each j
i embassy or legation, and who may be
accompanied by two members of their j
families or two members of their staffs. 1
No leservations will be made, he said,
but the notables will be taken up at
the field as expeditiously as possible.
“Lindv's" next move after tomorrow
j night remained veiled in mystery, but
. Bolling Field mechanics said his Ryan .
airplane stands all ready, serviced, and ;
that the famous airman can make a
getaway in 10 minutes. With charac- I
teristic modesy last night, after the end
of the long, long trail of notables had
! been reached, he said, in answer to a
' question as to whether he had accom
, plished his purpose In issuing invita
tions to JBenators and Representatives
t Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)
RADIO COMMISSION
MEASURE PASSED
I
,
Senate 0. K.’s Conference
Report and Sends Bill j
to White House.
B> the Associate*! l*re»*.
The Dili to extend the life of the
Federal Radio Commission and to
bring about a more equitable distribu
; tlon of station power and wave length
passed through its final legislative stage
yesterday with the adoption of the con
ference report by the Senate.
The legislation now goes to the White
House and in the usual course the i
| President will refer It to the Radio ;
j Commission and the Department of ;
Commerce for a report before he takes [
I final action.
Both the Radio Corporation of I
] America and Commissioner Orestes H j
. Caldwell of New York came in for sharp !
attack in the Senate during the closing j
hours of the debate on the measure.)
with Senator King, Democrat, Utah. >
rentering his fire on the Radio Corpora- I
tion. and Senator Dill. Democrat,;
Washington, assailing Caldwell
Charges "Trust" Is Involved.
Reading newspaper reports of a com- I
bine in the radio industry, involving, j
he satd. the Radio Corporation, the j
American Telephone Sc Telegraph Co..'
the General Electric Co, the Westing
house Electric Co., and the Victor
Talking Machine Co.. Senator King
said there was involved a radio trust"
that would prove a menace to the
country
i "The Department of Justice should
take action against H and have it dis
solved." Senator King declared.
Charging Caldwell, whote nomina- 1
tion now is under fire, with having
sponsored propaganda against the
legislation, Senator Dill said this alone
demonstrated his "unfitness for office"
"The whole argument presented by
Mr. Caldwell is that we must continue i
to give the Radio Corporation the '■
super-power It now has." the Wash- j
lug ton Senator declared in explaining
that under the bill as finally approved
there would be an equitable alWatton
of station power and wave length among;
(Continued on Page 2. Column 4 >
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columns to the profit of both the reader and the
advertiser.
All fraudulent and misleading advertisements
are barred from The Star. Honest advertisers re
frain from overstating values,
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WARRANT ISSUED
FOR CUNNINGHAM
Senate Sends Officer After
Vare Leader, Who Re
fused to Talk.
|
! By tln> Associated Pres*.
| The Senate yesterday issued Its war
rant for the arrest of another witness
before one of its committees, Thomas
W. Cunningham of Philadelphia, long
prominent in the political organisation
built up by Senator-elect William S
i Vare of Pennsylvania.
Immediately after the Senate acted —
and there was no opposition to the
adoption of the resolution of arrest—
i John McGrain. a deputy sergeant-at
arms. left for Philadelphia to serve the
! warrant on Cunningham, who is sheriff
of Philadelphia County and treasurer
of the Pennsylvania State Republican
committee.
Refused to Tell About SS4.4M.
The Vare leader is sought for punish
ment because of his repeated refusal
in 1926 to tell the Reed slush fund
committee where he received the $50.-
000 in cash which he contributed to
V arc’s senatorial primary campaign
fund tn that year Cunningham took
the position that this was none of the
> committee s business, but the committee
and the Senate failed to agree with
j Expectations here were that after the
J warrant is served, Cunningham would
* follow the course adopted by two other
prominent men upon whom Senate
warrants were served; that of
i mg a writ of habeas corpus *n«i tempo
! rary freedom from custody That is
! A hat Mai S! Daugherty did in 1924 when
McOraln served a Senate warrant on
him for his failure to respond to a
subpoena from the committee
into the administration
ment of Justice by his brother. Harry M
Daugherty.
Senate Upheld by Court.
Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the
j board of the Standard Oil Co. of Xn-
I diana. took a like course when he was
arrested here several weeks ago because
f of his refusal to tell the Teapot Dome j
! committee about conversations he had
with Harry F Sinclair concerning the
| Liberty bond profits of the Continental
' Trading Co. .
1 in Daugherty's case, the l lilted
j states Supreme Court finally ruled that
the Senate was within its rights, but ■
! iherr has been no move since by the
Senate to bring him to its bar for pun- j
isluncnt. Stewart lost his fight tn the
District of Columbia Supreme Court
; here to make the w rit permanent but |
j now is at liberty on bond pending the
i outcome of his appeal to the higher
! court.
Stewart has been indicted for con
tempt of the Senate and Senator Norris
Republican. Nebraska, suggested today |
ihat the Senate also refer Cunning hams ,
rase to the District of Columbia courts j
for like action, but Senator King. Demo- \
crat, Utah, who offered the resolution ;
of arrest on behalf of the Reed com- ‘
mittee, said that matter would be ton- *
sidered later when members now absent
from Washington have returned.
SURRENDER ARRANGED.
Cunningham Will Be Delivered to Senate I
Ofllcer Tomorrow. Attorney Says.
PHILADELPHIA March 34 UPV— j
i sheriff Thomas W Cunningham, for
j whom the United States Senate today
; Issued a warrant ot arrest on charges
of contempt for failing to answer cer
tain question- asked by the Senate
special committee Investigating cam
paign expense* In the 192(1 senatorial
'contest will be surrendered Monday ;
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PROHIBITION ISSUE
YIELDS 10 “OIL” IN
POLITICAL DEBATE
Senator Borah’s Question
naire Is Temporarily For
gotten in Sinclair Episode.
LOWDEN FAILS TO REPLY
ON WET AND DRY QUERY
Idaho Lawmaker May Ask Dawei
for His Views on Eighteenth
Amendment.
BY G. GOILD LINCOLN'.
“Oil 1 " has been poured on the trou
bled waters of prohibition, obscuring,
temporarily at least, the wet and dry
issue in the field of politics,
j Senator Borah's troublesome que*-
: tionnaire. for example, transmitted to
, candidates for the presidential nom
ination. has for the moment been lost
, sight of in the discussion of Sinclair
j contributions to the Republican partv.
] But the Idaho Senator is beginning
i to wonder seriously what has become
of Frank O. Lowden’s reply to the
questions on the wet and dry issue. It
is a month or more, according to Sena
tor Borah, since he sent to the former
Governor of Illinois his questionnaire,
i Up to last night. Senator Borah said,
ihe had received no reply from Mr.
; Lowden. Two days after the question
j nalre was transmitted to Mr. Lowden
|an acknowledgement of its receipt
j reached Senator Borah from Mr. Low
j den’s secretary. Mr. Lowden was in the
i West at the time, but it was said the
questionnaire would be called to his
attention when he returned. According
to dispatches received here. Mr. Low
den returned to Illinois two weeks ago.
Three Others Reply.
Senator Borah does not intend to
write to Mr. Lowden any more about
j this matter. Mr. Lowden can answer
‘ the questions or not, as far as Senator
Borah is concerened. He set out to put
candidates on record in regard to the
: eighteenth amendment and what he
calls the efforts of certain leaders to
nullify the amendment. If Mr. Lowden
decides not to make reply, that is a
matter entirely up to him.
The three candidates for the Repub
lican presidential nomination, other
■ than Mr. Lowden. to whom Senator
Borah sent his questionnaire, have all
replied. They are Senator Charles
Curtis of Kansas. Senator Frank B.
; Willis of Ohio and Secretary Herbert
■ Hoover of the Department of Com
' merce. There eras criticism of Secre
i tary Hoover because Re waited approx
imately two weeks before he made his
reply. Some of his opponents went so
far as to suggest that he was bolding
off so as to gain the support of both
wets and drys in the Ohio presidential
primary, which is to take place April
24. But Mr. Hoover did make reply to
the questionnaire on February 24. and
his reply was "dry ” He declared him
self against the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment and for the strict enforce
ment of the laws enacted thereunder.
But Mr Lowden has taken twice as
long as Mr Hoover to make reply, and
no dry voice has yet been raised to
chide him. it is said. There a a
presidential preferential primary to be
held in Illinois on April 10. In which
Mr, Lowden is entered. There is a
strenuous fight on In the 10 district*
which comprise Cook County over the
delegates to the Republican national
convention, with Lowden on one side
! and Mayor William Hale Thompson,
i who is asking for delegates instructed
for President Coolidge, on the other.
; Chicago is wringing wet. A dry
! answer to the Borah questionnaire, it
'• a pointed out here, would scarcely aid
| Mr. Lowden in some of the Illinois
! districts And in a little more than
, two weeks the primary is to take place.
May Question Dawes.
( Mr Lowden. it has been said, is ae
‘ ceptable to the dry forces, including
| the Anti-Saloon League. They may
I even indorse him U he fails to reply
S to the Borah questionnaire, it is said,
or fails, at least, to reply until after
the Illinois fight is over.
Whatever Mr Lowden does about the
! wet and dry questionnaire. Senator
Borah is planning to send a similar set
of questions to still another Republican
presidential candidate within the next
few days. The Idaho Senator has by
i no means given up his plan to have
i the presidential candidates on record in
' this matter long before the national con
vention meets in Kansas City next June.
Mr. Borah has not said whether he
planned to send a questionnaire to Vice
President Dawes, regarded tn many
| quauera as the logical successor to
much of the Lowden strength in the
: national convention if Mr Lowden faila
to be nominated It seems likely , how
j ever, that the Vice President will ulU
■ matelv receive his list of questions, too.
j It us possible, of course, that Mr.
i Low den's answer to the Borah ques
j tionnaire is already on its way to Wash
j tngtoa. But at least up to last night
1 Senator Borah had heard nothing of it.
I Senator James K Watson of Indiana,
! aroused hy reports from Indiana
! that his candidacy tor the Re
‘ publican presidential nomination is no*
considered an effort m his own right,
but merely to lake a delegation to the
national convention and turn it over
to Mr. Lowden or Vice President Dawes,
or some other candidate, yesterday
sent a letter to friends in the State
denying these reports flatly
He said tn part
"1 am a candidate for the nomina
tion ui my own right I have no
thought of being a decoy duck,' or as
we ordinarily use the expression a
stalking horse, to be used m some other
candidate's mteiest. Such statements
have been diligently circulated for the
purpose of weakening me, and of course
are wholly unrounded and without
justification whatever.
“1 have been in many national con
ventions and believe that 1 am a fair
fudge as to when a man can or caivnot
be nominated and as to fust what the
situation is w ith reference to all candi
date* My friends may be sure that
the very moment I come to the con
clusion that I cannot be nominated 1
shall at once withdraw from the race
and release every delegate from Indiana
to go wherever he chooses to go To
do otherwise would be unfair to them
and certainly would be an equally
foolish course for me personally to
pur*ue“
t eoitda* Talk Still Heard
Senator Watson and Secretary Hoover
are eoteied in the Indian* primary,
which lake* ulace May or about two
weeks after the Ohio primary, whet*
r Continued on Page S, Oolumn
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