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Police Head Called to Tell!
of "Agreement" on
Promotion.
Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin- j
tendent of police, a party to the so- j
called gentlemen's agreement for the .
retirement of Inspector Thaddeus |
Bean to make way ur the promotion j
cf Inspector Albert J. Headley, will
be the first witness when the House
Special Crime Investigating Commit
tee reopens its sessions tomorrow.
It was said last night that Maj.
Brown's testimony regarding the
authorship of the gentlemen's agree
ment might provide another sensa
tion of the investigation.
Meanwhile, Representative Thomas
L. Blanton of Texas, the other party
of the agreement, is expected to take
the House floor again this week to
loose a tirade against the committee.
Still smarting under the reminder of
Representative Schulte, a member,
that he was merely "another wit- j
ness," Blanton yesterday said:
"I will have nothing more to do
with that committee. It's a tin can
outfit."
Randolph Returns.
Chairman Randolph rushed back
from a quick trip to his home 111 !
Elkins. W. Va., to arrange tor re- j
sumption of the hearings tomorrow, i
at which efforts will be made to com
plete the picture ot the ' deal. '
Randolph said Inspector Headley
would follow Brown on the witness
stand.
It was only a few months ago that ;
Blanton arranged with District of- j
ficials to place one of his constituents,
Andrew W. Howsley, in the corpora- j
lion counsel's onice as an assistant.
But Howsley gave up the job shortly ;
afterward and returned to Texas. '■
Blanton thought he \As still entitled !
to fill the job and so told the Com- ;
missioners.
Civic pressure against placing en |
outsider in the corporation counsel's I
office, however, resulted in Blanton !
agreeing to accept another position. :
go Maurice V. Brooks of Abilene, Tex., j
Blanton's home town was given a job
as counsel for the Alley Clearance
Authority at $3,800 a year.
With the investigation of Blanton's
"deal" now centering around Maj.
Brown and Inspector Headley, Bean
has stepped into the background and
has said he would remain on the
iorce until July 1, at least, so he can
round out 40 years of service. Blan
ton is reported to be quietly telling
his friends, however, that Bean will
be "out" in 60 days.
Retirement Rumored.
Rumors that Bean would retire
April 1 were current Friday night, as
a result of a conference he held that
afternoon with Maj. Brown. It was
reported he told Maj. Brown he
wanted to go on leave tomorrow, and
end his official service April 1—the
date he told the Crime Committee
Blanton had fixed as the deadline for
his exit from the department.
Maj. Brown is said to have told
Bean it would be a "mistake" for him
to resign at this time, and he agreed
to remain on the job indefinitely.
Representative Schulte last night
visited police headquarters and at
tended the detectives' roll call as
guest oi Inspector Frank S. W.
Burke.
Schulte addressed the detectives at
roll call, from which newspaper men
are excluded. Afterward, he said,
he was impressed with the detective
force, but was strong in his criticism
of the old police headquarters build
ing.
"The housing facilities here are
r
the most deplorable I ever saw. It
looks more like a warehouse than a
Police Department, and it is unfair
to the men to nave to work and live
here."
Schulte said the Police Department
is in need oi a more adequate radio
system.
JURY DIVIDED IN TRIAL
FOR SLAYING OF OFFICER
Retrial for Second Defendant Is
Abortive—First Freed De
spite "Confession."'
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, March 16 —The State
of Missouri, having paroled as inno
cent a man who admitted killing
Policeman Albert Siko, was balked by
a hung jury today in prosecution of
another man now charged with the
murder.
Louis De More, Chicago taxicab
driver, originally pleaded guilty to
slaying the officer after a hold-up. but
later said he so pleaded on fears he
would be hanged if he stood trial.
Patrolman Siko's revolver then was
found at the home of a sister of
George Couch, 27. a paroled convict.
De More was paroled and disappeared
Last October Couch was convicted
I of murder and sentenced to life im
1 prisonment, but on retrial a Circuit
Court jury was dismissed today after
failing to agree.
Farmers War on Dogs.
Farmers of England are warring on
dogs which have killed and maimed
more than 150 sheep.
CONFÉRENCE CALLED
Young People of Salvation Army
to Meet Here.
The annual Salvation Army Dis
| trict of Columbia Young People's Con
i frrence will be held here on Saturday
' and Sunday, March 23 and 24, it was
announced yesterday. Col. Albert S.
Norris, chief secretary of the Salva
; tion Army in the Southern States,
! will be in charge.
The sessions are to be held in the
Salvation Army Auditorium at 606 Ε
street.
Schulte Visits Police
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Representative Schulte «left). Democrat, of Indiana, a member of
the House Crime Investigating Committee, addressing dctectives at
police headquarters last night. Inspector Frank S. W. Burke at right.
—Star Staff Photo.
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WON D. ΠΟΤΕ
PUN «CALLED
Not National Representa
tion — Conferred Only
Limited Local Suffrage.
In his testimony Friday before the
Special Crime Investigating Commit
tee of the House. Representative Blan
ton of Texas replied to a question by
Representative Werner of South Da
kota on local suffrage by stating that
two-thirds of the people who attended
a mass meeting he called on local
suffrage some years ago voted against
it and that the people of Washington
were opposed to it.
Mr. Werner's question was: "Don't
you believe it is right and fair that
the Dlstriit be given a right to vote
and elect its own municipal officers
without a right for Congress to Inter
fere?"
Mr. Blanton introduced a bill in the
House on February 3. 1923, providing
for election by the people of the Dis
trict of a delegate to the House of
Representatives; for the election of
four civilian Commissioners and seven
members ot the Board of Education
and for entire support of the school
system, erection of buildings, pay of
employes, etc., out of local revenues.
Salary of the elected Commissioners
also would be borne entirely out of
local revenues. There would be one
Engineer Commissioner, as at pres
ent. appointed by the President. The
Public Utilities Commission would
have consisted—as It did then—of the
Engineer Commissioner and two
civilian Commissioners, and the bill
provided that no street railway could
charge a fare greater than that
named In its charter.
Mass Meeting Described.
In his testimony Friday Mr. Blan
ton said that he called a mass meet
ing of citizens in the caucus room of
the old House Office Building to tils
cuss the bill and was surprised when
two-thirds of those attending voted
against it. He suggested that "all that
talk about a vote Is propaganda," and
indicated that the opposition he said
had been registered to his bill was
proof that the people of Washington
do not want the vote.
There is a distinct difference, It
was recalled yesterday, between Mr.
Blanton's proposal for partial local
suffrage which he made in 1923
(which would give the District no
real voice in Congress) and the pend
ing joint resolution for national rep
resentation for the District. This
Joint resolution would submit to the
people of the United States a consti
tutional amendment empowering Con
gress to grant the District the right
of representation in Congress and In
the national elections and the right
to sue and be sued in the Federal
courts. Such a representation would
not necessarily change the form of
local government, which finds many
advocates among those In Washing
ton who favor national representa
tion. Nor would it take away the
power of "excluslze legislation" over
the District conferred upon the Con
gress by the Constitution.
Would Be Opposed Today.
Representative Blanton's reported
test vote at the meeting in the old
House Office Building, therefore, was
not on the question which has
united advocates of national repre
sentation in the District. And the
response from citizens which hs de
scribed as having met his proposal
in 1923 would, It was suggested last
night, be the same today. His bill,
it vai pointed out, would have con
ferred upon the District none of the
participation in the national elec
tions, nor the direct representation
in Congress, which many feel is nec
essary before local citizens can
actively participate In their own gov
ernment. The bill, while granting
local suffrage, also would have de
stroyed the traditional financial
partnership between the United States
and the District—and would have
thrown heavy costs entirely on the
shoulders of the District. The power
of exclusive control, without repre
sentation of District citizens, would
still have remained with Congress.
ANNUAL PARTY PLANNED
Nativity P.-T. A. to Observe St.
Patrick's Anniversary.
The Nativity Parent-Teacher As
sociation will hold Its tenth annual
St. Patrick'» day card party in th·
parish auditorium. fiOOO Georgia ave
nue, tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. William
A. Kane. 410 Oneida place, is general
chairman of the aflair.
Prizes will be awarded to high
scorers in both 500 and bridge. There
will also be a door prize of one ton
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