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CONFEREES SILENT
' ON FISCAL ISSUE
Meeting Today Fails to Indi
cate Agreement on D. C.
Expenses.
Another meeting today failed to bring
the Senate and House conferees any
nearer to an agreement on the ques
tion of how the expenses of the Capital
should be apportioned between the Fed
eral and District Governments in the
appropriations bill for t'.tr next fiscal
year, it was indicated following the con
ference.
It was the first time for more than
a week that the managers for the two
branches of Congress had held a meet
ing on the subject, but from what could
br learned, no change has developed in
the situation.
The bill went to conference several
weeks ago with the House contending
for a continuation of the $9,000,000
lump sum as the United States' share
snri with the Senate on record by a
decisive vote tor a return to the <SO-40
ratio provided for by a substantive law
of 1022. which has not been repealed.
Although there are a number of other
items in the bill relating to the amount j
to be spent for certain purposes which
are subject to conference between the i
two houses. th*> overshadowing problem
is that of the division of costs, and it 1
is understood the conferees have devoted
practically all of their time to discussion i
of that question. Following the pre- |
vious meeting of the conferees about ,
10 days ago. the indications won' that a
virtual deadlock existed over the fiscal
relations problem.
24 D. C. FIREMEN
TO GET PROMOTION
Croup Created bv Qualifying Ex
amination Will Take High
er Rank May 1.
___________
Twenty-four members of the District
Fire Department will be advanced in
rank May 1. it was announced today by i
Fire Chief George S Watson. The pro- i
motions will be made from an eligible j
list recently established as a result of a
qualifying examination conducted by j
the Civil Service Commission. One hun- j
deed and forty-nine firemen took the j
examination and 32 qualified f«>r ad
vancement
The firemen to be elevated in rank
Include six lieutenants, who will be
made captains: nine sergeants. tAo will
be made lieutenants, and nine
who will be made sergeants.
The qualifying examination was the
first ever taken by the firemen under
an arrangement made last Fall by the
Civil Service Commission and the Dis
trict Commissioners. The forthcoming
24 promotions will virtually deplete the
eligible list of candidates for captaincies
and lieutenancies, and another test will
be held soon to establish a new list.
The eligible list from whioh the pro- j
motions will be made includes seven
lieutenants who qualified for a cap
taincy. As six appointments will be j
made from this list only one name will '
remain.
A similar condition exists with respect j
to the eligible list of sergeants who j
qualified for promotion to the rank of j
lieutenant. Ten sergeants qualified and i
nine of them will be promoted. Os the j
privates who took the test, 22 qualified |
for an advancement.
One of the new captains will be Lieut. ;
George C. Meek s. personal aid to Fire j
Chief Watson, who made the highest
average in the examination.
MARTIN B. MADDEN,
VETERAN OF HOUSE, j
DIES IN HIS OFFICE
(Continued from First Page.)_ I
•nd business sagacity meantime had
won the attention of political leaders of j
the old fourth ward of Chicago and j
he was sent to the City Council as a
Republican in 1889 During a consid- !
erable portion of his service there he
was chairman of the finance committee, j
The cry of "boodle” was common in
those days of the city's remarkable ex
pansion. but he came through un
scathed.
Two months after he entered the
council Chicago entered upon a policy
of annexing adjoining farm lands, in
preparation for the day it was to take
on the dignity of a metropolis With
the opening of new streets, ways and
means to provide the needed revenue j
assumed first importance. He con- j
tributed notably to the solution of these
problem* During hi* regime railroad
grade crossings were abolished, the
street railways systems reorganized, a
lake front park system guaranteed, the
World Fair held, the Improvement of
the Chicago River started and "boodle”
ramped out in the awarding of city
contracts.
Reclined Mayoralty Nomination.
Three times he declined the nomina
tion for mayor. Then In 3897 he retired
from the council to become a candidate
for United State* Senator, but was de
fe#*ed. He retained an active part in
Republican politics, however, and in
IV)S wa* elected to the House, to be
come quickly one of the great Repub
lican trtumverate from Illinois, which
included, besides himself. Joseph (J. ,
Cannon and James R. Mann.
As chairman of the committee on
appropriation* Mr Madden came Into
particular prominent Sri the economy
regime of President CooLdge While /t
kner eased hi* Influence as. one of the
leaders of the House the championship
eventually proved a boomerang, reac ting
through the ,os* of friendship* to hi*
downfall when seeking ! t.e flpe&keiahip.
His candidacy m 1925 attracted a
considerable following bit he was he
seated as Republican ' nope for Bpeaker
by NjchOise, J/mg worth of Ohio Not
only did hie Integrity and business die
cre ion require him to oppose pet ap
propriations sought by some of his Re
publican colleagues, but overwork and
je? ;jtjng ;iih' ' a ,»eb him to M-' orne
Impetuous and intolerant and drove
from him the support of some who had
been hi* friends
Having no power* ** an orator, his
prhltpa leadership was wedded largely
vor/ e arid cornmUtge
wr.e<e j,» displayed ke» n bushiest. astute
titbJ H* regarded me Government a*
a oo’pora’loh m which 'h* citizens are
Po ' i.o;d» ft and applied to It* manage
merit uxtiu--* use'rtodi.
A/the Parly Worker.
j/ ’tadden par».»ipa'ed a/.»r.ely In
a long turn ess ion of Republic an national
4/ji Hi* friends < -aimed that
♦h» i redU belonged to him for swing
ing the jjllooi*. delegation t/i support
*f 'the gold standard plank In 1895 a
jmatoriaJ factor in lh* dni*kw of Hi*-
//mveb Hqo at * time when much of
th< West was clamoring for free sliver
t.snAjt a •» n worker, he usually re
frained in Washington during recesses
«f (.ongiese, preparing materia) for lb*
framing of appropriation Mils in ad
var.ee of tlifc assembling of the House
While ao engaged in <ne hummer of
J§29 after a trip */r Europe to study
financial conditions *o la- used In con
nection with proposed tax reduction, h<
Suffered a (pert attar-/ while en rout*
In an automobile ’O the Capltni
go- dayr r life was d*-paired of
*/r, it va* pre/Ji'-ted at z onv*i/f/eu//
s»* in that he would tie an Invalid
a*,nee; gloomy lorecwt* proved niifbona*
Drop* Dfad
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Hkum
RITRF.SI NTATIVE MAUDEN.
eo. and he was quickly back In harness
! His illness had. however, taken away
! in a degree that even, suave tempera
j ment which had for so long been one
, of his characteristics.
To most people with whom he came
! into contact he created an impression
lof mystery. Never a voluble talker,
j he was a good listener, and seemed aI- j
ways to have something in reserve, his .
J field of Information being surprisingly j
complete. An accident in a stone!
! quarry caused the loss of a foot, which
; was replaced artificially, so that he was
• not required ;o use crutches and suf-
I sered little inconvenience in walking.
His biography, published in the Con
gressional Directory for years, was
1 notably for its brevity. It occupied but
a line and a half, merely stating his
name, his place of residence, and that j
I he “was elected to the Fifty-ninth and 1
each succeeding Congress.”
Horn in England.
He was born in Darlington. England, I
* March 20, 1855, the son of John Mad- ’
i den. a farmer. When he was 4 years j
old his family emigr ated to this coun- i
try. landing at Boston, and going at
j once to Lemont, 111, where they took
|up a farm. Front the time he took his
first job at the stone quarry, however.
: young Madden adopted that line of
1 business as his own. He became presi
dent of the Western Stone Co. and a
bank director, president of the Quarry ;
Owners' Association of the United
States, president of tire Illinois Mapu- j
■ facturers' Association and vice president j
of the Builders and Traders' Exchange I
of Chicago. In 1878 he was married. \
Serving Twelfth Term.
Plans were discussed this afternoon ;
for a state funeral for Mr. Madden In
the House chamber on Sunday.
Mr. Madden was serving his twelfth
consecutive term in the House, and for
longevity of service he was exceeded by
I only five members In the present House:
Representatives Cooper of Wisconsin,
. Butler of Pennsylvania. Haugen of
lowa. Pou of North Carolina and Gar- j
ner of Texas Minority Leader Garrett j
of Tennessee and Representative Bell ;
of Georgia came In the same session j
with Mr. Madden.
Mr. Madden spoke for the last time
on the floor of the House today, where
i his voice has for many years com
manded close attention. The Welch pay
j Increase bill for Government employes I
was the subject of discussion at the!
time Representative Bachman of West j
j Virginia asked unanimous consent to
file a minority report on this measure. !
Some one reserved the right to op
| pose and Representative Cramton de- |
j manded the regular order. Twice Mr. j
! Madden sprang to his feet, declaring. !
‘ "The gentleman has a right to do that." I
Rites May Be In House.
Pending ihe approval of Mr. Mad
den’s family, arrangements have been
made for holding the funeral in the |
j hall of the House at noon on Sunday,
j when ♦he same program of funeral
j services will be conducted as for the
I late Representative James R. Mann.
| aso of Illinois, formerly Republican
j leader, and for former Speaker Champ
Clark. This will mean that the Prest
-1 dent. members of the cabinet, the diplo
j matic corps, the Supreme Court, the
j Senate and House will assemble for the
i services, with a section of the House
; reserved for relatives and close friend*.
The body will probably be iak>n at 3
i pm. Sunday from the Capitol to Iris
i home In Hillsdale, 111., for burial on
i Monday. One of the most impressive
j delegations from the House ever to at
; tend the funeral ol a Congressman will
! escort the body,
Mr. Madden Is survived by his widow
and daughter, Mrs. Paul Henderson,
wife of the former Assistant Postmaster
General, who is now executive officer of
the National Air Transport Co. Mr.
Madden was especially devoted to hi*
three grandchildren, who spent most of
their time in his home.
Vice President Dawes appointed the
following members of the Senate to at
. tend the funeral, in accordance with
{the resolution adopted:
Senators Curtis, Republican, of Kan
sas; Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas;
Deneen, Republican, of Illinois; Warren,
Republican, of Wyoming; Smoot. Re
publican, of Utah; Steck, Democrat, of
Iowa; McNary, Republican, of Oregon;
Overman, Democrat, of North Carolina;
* Harrison Democrat of Mississippi, and
Walsh, Democrat, of Montana.
GALIMORE DEMOTION
IS ASKED BY HESSE
D. C. Heads May Art Today on i
Rending Officer to Foot
Patrol.
J J ■".■ninrrii ir
A recommendation that Motor Cycle
Policeman Dalton E Oallmore la* de
moted to foot patrol duty and trans
ferred from the Traffic Bureau to a
precinct station was submitted to the
District Commissioners today by Maj.
Edwin ft Hesse, superintendent of po
i lice
'1 he recommendation followed the ac
tum yesterday of the police trisl hoard
In convicting Oallmore and fining h>m
175 on a charge of conduct prejudicial
to the good order, reputation and dis
cipline of the police force 'lhe board's
action arose from the policeman's con
flicting statement* involving Represent
ative Blanton of Texas, whom he said
he had stopped for speeding Hubae
quentiy h<- denied that It was the Rep
! resentatlve'x <ar which was exceeding
the sjeed limit, but a machine of a
| similar make
j !)»■ Commissioners are exj/ez ted to
‘jar* 4,1, Maj Hesse’* recommendation
■r this afternoon The demotion would
mean a salary reduction of 8120 a
I l* ar.
HELD IN THEFT FROM SON
Accused of stealing his son’s watch
i 'halo and penknife, lire /a<se /if William
t Janus Kanode 42 years //Id, 911 1 street
‘ an electrician was continued In Police
f i Court today until May 4 in order to per
: mil a mute Iburuugn investigation of
I th* cir< umstxnns According to As
: slstant United flutes Attorney ilainh
Given a fat mi cannot be iltarged with
' ; in* lar/tny of hr* sun * property utaJer
ordinary condition*
J Kanode was arrested yesterday by
■ H<adquartets Deieiilves James Boring
/ manr/ and James 8: Jo wry and f/<dg< <1
• over night in a /ell at lire nrst precinct
1 Ihe arrest was madr at. tils home after
f his- wife n'dlfbd tit* officers of ids
i whereabout*
1 lie t* alleged to have pawned the ar
/ ja/ iet valued at |to m Baiilrnore for
i »8 and *iieri to nave sold the pawn
- tu.kH tm 12,
rrtK EVEXTxn state vtastttxotox, tl c.. frtpat. aptttt; 2~ rn;s.
TWO GROUPS SEEK
TO RESTATE LAWS
j
Institute Begins Study of Re
statement of Statutes on
Business Association.
Two societies, whose zsinr is legit! re
form. today plunged Infw ‘he intricate
task of straightening out c.nrplexities
j and inconsistencies in national and in
j ternational law.
With the official draft of its rcstale
! ment of approximately one-half of the
i law of contracts approved, the Amer
ican Law Institute, niceUng at the j
I Mayflower Hotel, began consideration ;
j of tentative drafts of restatements of j
| the laws of business associations and
conflict o(t laws. Work on the former
subject lias just begun, while the work
on the latter has progressed to such
an extent that the entire restatement
is ("sported to bo ready within two or
three years.
Study Dual Nationality.
Tlip American Society of Internatinn
! nl Law, meeting at the Willard, turned
j Its attention today to the problem of
j dual nationality and heard suggestions
! for a proposed code by Clement. L.
i Borne, American agent of the Gen
j eral Claims Commission, United States j
l and Mexico.
To facilitate the solution of the j
problem of dual nationality, Mr. House
| urged that In cases w here a child Is
bom in one country of parents of
another country both nations exercise
forbearance iu claiming allegiance until 1
the child decides which he shall choose, j
He proposed that at the age of 18 the j
child select w hich country he shall owe j
allegiance to. and that If he choose j
the country of his parents he shall
, return and establish a residence before
Ihe is 21. He urged that in such cases
I the state of residence shall refrain
1 from claiming allegiance, but that if
1 no declaration Is made and the subject
j continues to live in the state of his
birth Ire shall become a citizen of that
1 country.
Any idea that the United States is
seeking to dominate I-atin America
"seems fantastic" to one who knows
the sentiment of the American people,'
Charles Evans Hughes, head of the I
American delegation at the Havana
Pan-American Congress, told the Anrer- j
Scan Society of International Law at its j
! opening meeting at the Willard last j
i night.
Told of Havana Congress.
In his address Mr. Hughes, who is
president of the society, described tlrej
j achievements of the Pan-American !
I Congress, praising the spirit of the ;
* meeting and emphasizing the common
sentiments drawing the American con
tinents together.
"Fortunately in tlris hemisphere,” he \
l said, “we have a common political in- 1
heritance in our devotion to the Ideals
of liberty. We are all sons of the
American revolutions. We have all re- j
volted against tyranny. We have erect-
I ed throughout the American continents
j the standards of national freedom and
i independence."
The adoption of a liberal convention
j relating to aviation he termed one of
the most important achievements of
the congress. He described Lindbergh's
recent flights as "a prophesy of a new
intimacy.”
i He said there had been gratifying
progress in the field of international
law codification through the adoption
| of seven of the nine projects introduced
at Havana. Lack of definitions for
i "intervention” and “internal affairs.”
i he said, which caused defeat of two
! projects, brought a better result than •
‘ complete codification, for "we strength- j
j ened the ties which are deeper than
the law and made firmer the mutual
I respect and confidence without which i
j the law is of slight avail.”
FESS TO RETAIN
POST AS KEYNOTER
Temporary Chairman Need
Not Be Delegate, Records of
Past Conventions Show.
Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio will
act as temporary chairman of the Re
publican national convention and deliver
:he "keynote” speech at its opening, not
withstanding the fact that he was de
feated In his candidacy for delegate at
large In the recent Ohio primary.
| There is nothing to prevent the Re-
I publican national convention from se
lecting any one It desires to act a>
temporary chairman, It was explained
today, whether he be a delegate to the
convention or not. A search of the rec
ords developed the fact that at least on
one occasion a United States Senator,
neither a delegate or any alternate dele
gate to the national convention, pre
sided as temporary chairman over such
a convention and delivered the opening
sildresh This was the late Senator Bur
rows of Michigan in the convention of
3908, when Chief Justice Taft was nom
inated for President,
Could Get Proxy.
Even If the rules of the convention
required that a temporary presiding of
| fleer be chosen from among the dele
gate*, it would be an easy matter for
Benaior Fess to obtain a proxy from
jmc of the delegates. Hundreds of them
would be willing. It was predicted today,
to give the Senator such a proxy.
When the Ohio Senator was picked by
the committee on arrangement* for the
j convention, it was recognized that he
j might fall to l/e elected a delegate to
j the //invention, lie was running a* a
Willis candidate for delegate at large
in Ohio, and the Hoover ticket, was be
lieved by many supporters of the sec
retary of Commerce ot be in the lead.
The selection of Senator Fess a* the
"keynoter” of the convention wits en
tirely acceptable to the Hoover people.
Ha* Barked Administration.
Mr Fess Iras been a strong SupiK/rter
of tlie administration. Furthermore,
while tie wa* running as a Willis di le
gale lie had been placed on the Willis
list long before Mr Hzxiver decided to
enter the Ohio primaries It Is well un
derstood Hint Henalor Fens lias been
well disposed to the Hoover candidacy
The entrance of Mr Hoover into the
West Vhgiiila primary hung In the bal
ance today The chances that lie would
or would not go Into that Wtate, not
withstanding the favorite son candidacy
of (Senatot ( ioft of West Virginia, seem
j ftf Ur i/e Hlx/ijt equal with many of ids
! West Virginia friends urging that lie
jdo enter. Tomorrow Is the last hung
day for the primary, although a dee
ioration of candidacy received on Hun
day in West Virginia would be accepted.
If ft wete postmarked April 29 It Is said
if Mi Hoover sholud enter the West j
Virgin* race It might lead also to tin
entrance of Frank </ lowden of lilt
lints, making It a three c/ineied uflail !
19 REBELS SLAIN.
r MEXICO CITY, April 27 <4b DU
patches fruin iranualu today suld Hr lit
i »utgents, including their commander,
fclFpe Husk / weie slain it) battle with
fedei.il I loops at I,an GuaJ/iiolas
'lire Insurgent* divided into two
groups after their defeat to escape pur
suit l ire federal soldiers tinder Om
i Lore Abaia overtook them bid whether
i any more itPHdgsjit* were *i*in was not
Pained.
CAR IN WHICH MAN BURNED TO DEATH
Jack K. Brian, suspended construction foreman for Ihe District, was burn
ed to death in this machine early this morning. It is believed to have caught fire
from a cigarette ire dropped when he went to sleep in tire machine.
i • St Iff Photo.
POWER MONOPOLY
SEEN IN MERGER
W. A. Roberts Pleads for Re
valuation Before House
Committee.
! Complete monopoly of transportation
j and electric power under the traction
merger agreement was charged by Wil
liam A Roberts of the Federation of
! Citizens’ Associations, who appeared bc
; fore the House District committee to
day to plead for a revaluation of the
companies before acceptance of the
proposed $50,000,000 rate base.
| "We are not trying to defeat the
merger,” Roberts declared, "we arc only
trying to correct it."
Mr Roberts pointed out the danger
! of "an effective monopoly of mass trans- j
' portatlon under the agreement," ex- !
plaining that while the federation does
not want competition, it believes there
! should be a preferential monopoly in- I
j stead. Under the merger plan, lie ,
, warned, there Is nothing to prevent !
all the bus lines and even taxicab com- s
parties from being included at some ,
i future time.
Assails Limitation.
Assailing the one-year limitation
i tinder which the present fares would
j continue, Roberts declared it would take j
at least three years for the Public Util- j
Hies Commission to determine with any j
degree of accuracy what would be a !
I fair rate as a result of economies and :
other savings under the merger plan j
The federation has no objection to a
i *50.000 000 rate base for merger pur- j
; poses only, he declared, but It is op- j
■ posed to using this valuation as a basis
for determining street car fares.
•We ask for a revaluation." he said
Pointing out that the Supreme Court
has not yet passed on the Capital Trac
tion case used as the basts of computa
tion under the agreement, he said the
valuation Issue should be carried if
possible, to the highest court. In that i
event he assured the committee there j
would be "no kick from the public" if j
the valuation should eventually be j
placed above $50,000,000.
Danger of monopoly of power by the j
North American Co. in event the
Potomac Electric Power Co. should de
velop power at lower rates at Great
Falls was held out by Mr, Roberts. Who
recommended that the power claims In
the agreement be amended so as to
prohibit purchase of power for resale
by the new traction company.
lldd Advantageous.
Representative Reid of Illinois con- j
tended this would be advantageous to
the company as It would Increase their
earning, but Roberts insisted the rates
tor power should be determined by the
Public Utilities Commission as In the
case of other users Referring to the
potential source of power at Great
Falls, Roberts declared if the plan now
proposed in Congress is put through,
no firm but the North American Co.,
which controls the PoUAnac Electric
Power Co. through the Washington
Railway Ik Electric Co . would be able
to procure power profitably on the
Potomac,
Failure of the merger agreement to
provide a concession in fares for school
children was assailed by Roberts, who
declared this provision existed In most
other cities.
The federation Is not opposing re
lief of the companies from paving and
crossing police maintenance, he told the
committee, but wanted it to be under*
stood it regarded these concessions as
a "free contribution” from the public.
Mr, Roberts was the first of the
representatives of the public utilities
committee of the federation to be heard i
in opposition to the merger. He will
i>e followed by William MeK. Clayton,
chairman of the committee.
HEROINE TO’GET MEDAL
i
Wife of Salvation Army Official j
Saved Life at Beach,
Mrs Ethel C. Simpson, wife of
Adff. John Simpson of the Salvation
Army, will tonight la* the recipient
of a special Salvation Army medal
from Evangeline Booth, commander of
tin* Salvation Army in the United
Stales, for bravery lit baying a woman
| from drowning at a resort near Wil
-1 nilngton, Del., lust year. The medal
will be preach led by Stuff Capt. Ernest
H Hol» in Urn Salvation Army Tem
ple, eon E street, at regular Friday
evening services,
Mi* Simpson is widely known as
an expert swimmer She, also holds a
special medal from the Red Cross for
tiie same net of bravery for which
is to in* awarded the Salvation Army
medal.
IMPEACHMENT DROPPED.
Cliargea Against tJ H Judge Held
Not liollio Out,
Uy Ilia A ».n< oHetl
Jhe impeachment (barges aguinst
Federal Judge Franklin K Kennumei
of the northern district of Oklahoma
woe dismissed today by Ilia House
Judicialy committee
The charges woe dropped after a
subcommittee had presented its report
dial (lie facts brought out during
mi el hearings had not supported the
chaigea which recently were riled
against till t.
Chairman Graham of tle» Judlctarv
commit tee declined to make any atatg*
mints
PENN RELAYS OPEN
WITH 18 ENTRIES
“Whitye H Lloyd Gets Off to
Flying Start With New
Mark for 100 Meters.
fly ttn» Associated Pres*.
FRANKLIN FIELD. Philadelphia, t
Pa , April 27. —Eighteen of the country’s |
foremost all-around athletic stars today j
began a battle for the intercollegiate
decathlon championship as well as a '
berth on the American Olympic team ]
in the opening feature of the thirty
fourth annual Pennsylvania relay car- j
nival. Five of the 10 events were on j
j the morning's program, the remainder
to be completed tomorrow.
’ Whltye” Lloyd, Naval Academy foot
ball star, got off to a flying start when !
he turned In the best time for 100
meters and broke the carnival decath
lon record.
Beats Former Mark.
i Lloyd won his heat In 11 1-5 seconds,
! one-fifth of a second fajter than the
I former mark.
Tom Churchill, sturdy Oklahoman. {
who won the decathlon at the Kansas
relays, captured his heat in 11 3-5 sec- i
! onds. Vernon Kennedy of the Central!
Missouri State Teachers’ College, last
j year's Penn relay winner, was off poor-
I ly, finishing last in the slowest heat.
Jumps 22 Feet, 2s» Inches.
Kenneth Doherty, College of the City j
I of Detroit, led the boys in the broad I
jump by hurling himself 22 feet, 2% 1
inches, barely beating out Virgil Elliott, |
the versatile parson from Bethany Col
lege <W Va ), and Tom Churchill.
More than half of the original entry ,
list for the all-around struggle with- S
drew, including the national champion,
Fait Elkins of Nebraska: the two
. Haskell Institute entries, James Grant
and Wilson Charles, and Dan Kinsey
: of the Chicago A, A
Tony Plansky. the former Georgetown
| star and twice winner of tiie decathlon. \
led the pack In the shot-put with a toss i
: of 44 feet., 3\ Inches.
After the completion of three events i
Barney Berllnger. the young Pennsyl
vania star, and Tony Planskv were out
l» front of the field, with Tom Churchill
Oklahoma star, and Ray Moncns of
New Mexico, well up toward the top
j and going strong.
BURNS PROVE FATAL !
TO 5-YEAR-OLD BOY
Child Who Bought Matches With,
Candy Money Dies—Brother
Hit by Auto.
Five-year-old Joseph Yates. 1120
First street southeast, died this morn
ing at Providence Hospital as the re- i
suit of burns sustained Wednesdav
when his clothing caught fire as he lit
a match to look down a manhole near
his home. The child hnd begged a
penny from his mother. Mrs. Blanche ,
Yates, mother of nine children, to buy
candy, but had purchased matches in- !
stead.
His 3-vear-old brother, Francis, is a
patient at Providence Hospital suffering
from a broken arm which he received
Sunday when struck by an automobile
j Another brother, Thomas, now 2 vears !
old, was badly scalded last Summer
when be accidentally upset a pan of
hot water.
CYRUS SIMMONS FILES
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY
——
! Realty Operator Lists Liabilities at
$843,000 —Aaeet*
SO3B,
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
has been filed In District Supreme Court
by Cyrus Simmons, real estate operator
and builder, who only about, three
years ago started building oiieratUm.*,
for himself here, lie lists lib liabilities
at $343 000 and states his assets amount j
to but S«3B
The petition concerns tire operations
of Mr Kimmons and not tiie Cyrus Him |
nmns Co, Inc, which lias offices in tiie !
Investment Building, lie stated this j
morning
Mr Simmons lias been engaged In !
teal estate business in Washington for |
a number of years and before he start- j
ed building operations in his own tight !
•several years ago, was a salesman with
one of the older real estate concern* j
here lie lias hull! bouses for the most
part in Takoma Park and Brightwnod ;
sections and also has carried on some |
operation* in the section between Htx
teenth street and Rock Creek Park.
Mtinmons Is lepiesented Uv Attorney
(diaries W, Beckham. Among tiie credi
tors listed l* Mrs Caruiyn Volaw, sis
ter of president Harding, who recently
seemed a Judgment of *4llOO against
MUoinont) In I lie District Hupretnr Court
Four Rebels Killed.
GUANAJUATO, Mexico, April 37 (4*'
Four insurgents were killed Uv federal
hoops who li dispersed the gtoup which
attacked FI Ouho mine where the aol*
illere Usd been stationed a* guards Hu
bodies were exiubtaf in the plaaa it ere
a* a w Bimug, W
MOTORIST BORNEO
TO DEATH IN AOTO
Suspended Water Employe,
Later Caught in Raid, Dies
in Parked Coupe.
Climaxing a day fraught with mis
fortunes, Jack K. Brian, 35 years old.
or Fairland, Md„ and employe of the
i District Water Department, was burned
I to death in his automobile while it was
j parked early this morning: at Minne
| sola avenue and Nash street southeast.
; His body was badly charred.
Trouble Tor Brian started yesterday
when he was laid-off a3 foreman of the
water main construction Job under way
at Minnesota avenue and Nash street.
Shortly after 7 o'clock last night he
was in a house at 4707 Nash street
southeast when eleventh precinct police
raided it. and took him into custody
as a material witness, fie was taken
to No. 2 |V)liee booth, and, with the
other prisoners, placed in the booth,
under the care of Policeman John F.
Bradley, to await the arrival of the
patrol wagon.
Made Hl* Getaway.
Begging to be allowed to get a drink
of water, Brian effected his release and
made his way to his automobile, which
was parked about a mile away.
That was the last seen ot him until
he drove up to the scene of his former
employment and talked with Seth Cole
man. colored watchman, for a few min
utes and then got in his coupe and
closed the doors, declaring that he In
tended to sleep there.
Coleman retired to the watchman’s
house, but his attention was attracted
a few minutes later by the smell of
smoke. He went out and found Brian's
automobile in flames. Coleman rushed
to the machine and opened the door,
but the smoke was so thick and the
fire so hot that he was unable to see
whether Brian was in the car.
Coleman summoned Steve Mills. 1304
i Minnesota avenue southeast, and the
| latter turned in an alarm. It was not
until the arrival of firemen that Brian's
I body was found in the machine.
Dropped Lighted Cigarette.
Brian apparently had gone to sleep
and dropped a lighted cigarette on the
j seat upholstery, starting a fire that suf
focated him with smoke. It is probable
| that a certificate of accideiftal death
; will be rendered. Dr. Nevitt said
Police were told that Brian, who nas
i been a construction foreman for the
i past five years, had been drinking so
heavily that he was suspended yester
day.
The raid that followed and in which
I he was caught, was on the home of
i Joseph and Olecha Hammond, colored,
both of whom were arrested and charged
with illegal sale and possession of
liquor. A half gallon of alleged whisky
was seized.
Mrs. Brian fainted when police noti
fied her of her husband's death. After
her revival she told Policeman McDuffie,
lie claims, that her husband had not
been home for three days. Besides his
widow and father. Brian is survived
by a 5-year-old child.
-> - - •
Hawaii had more visitors during the
past Winter lhan in any previous tour
ist season.
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Killed in Air Jump
iS *
LIE! T. GEN. Gt IHONI.
SENATE MAY GET
TAX BILL THURSDAY
;|
Finance Committee Finishes
■ : Work of Revision on House
! Measure.
[ Ily th* AB»iK-iat<'<t PrPß*.
! The Senate finance committee today
> completed its work of revising the House
1 tax reduction bill and Chairman Smoot
; announced he would ask the Senate to
, begin consideration of the 5203,000,000
measure next Thursday,
t ! A formal report was withheld by the
! | committee until it had an opportunity
• ! on Monday to look over a print of the
1 revised measure. Many administrative
changes were made in the House bill
in addition to cutting down the total
i i proposed reduction from $290,000,000
■| to meet the limitations set by the
■ ! Treasury.
While the Swing-Johnscm Boulder
Canyon Dam bill is before the Senate
and there is no likelihood of a vote on
it before next Thursday. Senator Smoot
| said he expected to obtain consent to
; have the tax bill taken up on that day
| and if necessary to have the Boulder
! Dam measure temporarily laid aside.
With the lines pretty definitely drawn
j for the tax flzht. Senate leaders expect
; it will be possible to dispose of the bill
| within a week or 10 days.
Guerrilla Leaders Slain.
MEXICO CITY. April 27 The
i capture and execution by federal forces, j
m the mountains of the State of Ja
lisco, of Angel Fletes and Trinidad Gull- i
! len, leaders of guerrilla bands routed in
; two separate engagements, was an
nounced here yesterday.
Trade unions of Hungary now have
i 180 000 members.
GEN. GUIDON! DIES
j IN PARACHUTE LEAP
Former Italian Air Attache
Here Is Victim of Acci
dent at Rome.
By th» Vx'f.'i.itcri P,»«.
! ROME. April 27.—Lieut. Gen. Alessan
dro Guidoni. former Italian air attache
at Washington, was killed today wlvo
a parachute with which he Jurnpea *
from an airplane over the Montecello
flying field failed to open.
Lieut. Fieri, who was piloting the
plane, said the g.-neral possibly had
; made the Jump too quickly. The Top's
wound around his body and the para
onute failed to spread,
i this was the first time in more than
I r.vHj launchings that this particular '
tyi>e of parachute failed to open It :j
I said that if the air authorities had
j Known {hat. Gen. Guidon', intended to
try the parachute drop he would have
> been prohibited from taking the rtek. <
j Gen. Guidoni was regarded as one of
j the most brilliant technical experts ;n
the field of aeronautical engineering
| and aerodynamics in the world, ar.d
t was conceded to be the best man Itai f ’
had on this subject.. In addition to his
work in aeronautics, he excelled as a
naval engineer and constructor.
Gen. Guidoni served a tour of duty at
rhe Italian embassy here from the end
i of 193 9 to about the middle of 1924 in
the jo.nt capacities of air attache and
technical expert in the office of the
naval air attache. He made numerous
friends in governmental and social
circles.
At the time of his death he was
chief of the technical staff of the
' Italian Royal Air Force. Among the
; friends he made here was Dr. G°orge ,
W. Lewis, director of research of the
1 national advisory committee for a»ro
! nautics, who just a few days ago re
ceived a letter from the genera! re
questing some technical information.
Dr. Lewis today was in the act of pre
paring the reply when informed of h:s
death
“It is a great shock to me." he said.
‘and a great loss to Italy."
Comdr Silvo Scaroni. air attache of
} rhe embassy, today said that Gen.
Guidoni was one of the first in Italy
| to fly and experiment with seap!an»s.
His post, at the time of his death, was
< the highest that could be obtained in
I Italy with respect to the particular field
i in which Gen. Guidoni worked •
Comdr. Scaroni thought that the
Lieut. “Fieri” mentioned in the fore
i going dispatch, was Lieut. Freri. inven
i tor of the parachute now used by *h“
Italian Air Force.
COMPSTON PLAYS •
HAGEN OFF FEET
British Professional 14 Up at
36th Hole in 72-Hole
Match. a
j By the A«*o.-i*ted Frets.
MOOR PARK. England. April 27.
j Walter Hagen, American golfer, was
. far In the rear a: the finish of the first
36 holes of his 72-hole golf match with
j Archie Compston. British professional,
today. Compston being 14 up.
Compston was 4 up on Hagen at ?h"
finish of the first 18 holes of the match
for 53.750.
Compston by dazzling golf raced to a
5-hole lead over Hagen in the ou*wxrd
ioumey of the first round. The A men- *
can played 12 holes before he tv uM win
one of them and then took two mor».
the fifteenth and eighteenth, before go-
I mg to lunch. 4 down.
Hagen Outclassed. ' 1
Compston outclassed Hagen In all th*
i phases of the game on the outward
f journey and smothered his opponent
j with a flock of five birdies holing put’s .
from all corners of the green. He add
ed two birdies on the homeware! jour
| ney. but Hagen had recovered and
steady par figures with one bird.e let
him chop down his opponent's lead bv
> one.
Hagen played without the brilliant
dash and fighting spirit which the Br: -
ish gallery had expected of him. He
only began to show a flash of the golt
which was expected near the end of the
round.
Compston’s golf was ur.tvatao'.e His
67 was within a stroke of Sandy Herds
course record of 66
Hagen kept slipping and by the free
the thirty-second hole was reached
Compston was 10 up.
Scores Fourth ‘Two.*’
| The British golfer scored his fourth
2 of the day at the short twenty-eighth
and followed it by a birdie 3 at the 58h
* ard twenty-ninth, making him 9 up
Hagen then braced and the thirtieth
was halved in 3s. but was bunkered near
the green on the thirty-tits; and ;tx>k a
5 to Compston’* par 4.
Their cards:
Compston 4 42534 34 .t—32
Hagen 5 4 3 5 5 5 3 4 4—38
Compston ..2 4 3 6 3 4 4 5 4—35—67
i Hagen 3435434 5 *—34—72
Compston 4424 5 445 4—36 •
{ Hagen 4534 5 544 >—39
Compston 23344344 3 3d—36—66
I Hagen 34355454 4—37—39—76
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